Poppy, 1923

March 12, 2021
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Poppy, 1923


Any of numerous plants of the genus Papaver, having nodding buds with four crumpled petals, showy red, orange, or white flowers, a milky juice, and capsules that dehisce through terminal pores.


History:

The Poppy was originally built in 1918 for the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps as the harbor launch Q-7.  She was a diesel powered wooden-hulled 53-ton launch that was acquired in 1923 and assigned to the 7th Lighthouse District for use as a buoy boat.  She was placed out of service in 1938.


Sources:

Douglas Peterson.  United States Lighthouse Service Tenders, 1840-1939. Annapolis: Eastwind Publishing, 2000.