Primrose, 1922

March 12, 2021
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Primrose, 1922


Any of numerous plants of the genus Primula, having well-developed basal leaves and tubular, variously colored flowers grouped in umbels or heads with a funnel-shaped or salverlike corolla and a tube much longer than the calyx.


History:

The Primrose was a 43-foot, steel-hulled craft that entered service in 1922 as a shallow water harbor tender.  She was assigned to the 10th Lighthouse District and saw service as a buoy boat.  She remained in service until at least 1936.


Sources:

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