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2. Lighthouse keeper - Wikipedia

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   A lighthouse keeper or lightkeeper is a person responsible for tending and caring for a lighthouse, particularly the light and lens in the days when oil lamps and clockwork mechanisms were used. Lighthouse keepers were sometimes referred to as " wickies " because of their job trimming the wicks. [1]

3. United States Lighthouse Service - Wikipedia

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   U.S. Light House Service Stop Watch (ca. 1931) – specially manufactured by the Gallet Watch Company for USLHS use.. The United States Lighthouse Service, also known as the Bureau of Lighthouses, was the agency of the United States Government and the general lighthouse authority for the United States from the time of its creation in 1910 as the successor of the United States Lighthouse Board ...

4. USCGC Joshua Appleby - Wikipedia

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   The 6th of 14 Keeper -class cutters, the Joshua Appleby is one of the most advanced cutters currently in the United States Coast Guard's fleet. [citation needed] The Joshua Appleby is named in honor of Captain Joshua Appleby, Keeper of the Sand Key Lighthouse 1837–1846. [1] All 14 Keeper-class cutters are named after lighthouse keepers.

5. USCGC Harry Claiborne - Wikipedia

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   12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) Range. 2000 nautical miles at 10 kn. Crew. 24 (2 Officers, 22 Enlisted) USCGC Harry Claiborne (WLM-561) is a Keeper-class coastal buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard. Launched in 1999, she is home-ported in Galveston, Texas. Her primary mission is maintaining aids to navigation between the Mexican border and ...

6. USCGC James Rankin - Wikipedia

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   Range. 2000 nautical miles at 10 kn. Crew. 24 (2 Officers, 22 Enlisted) USCGC James Rankin (WLM-555) is a Keeper-class coastal buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard. Launched in 1998, she is home-ported at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland. Her primary mission is maintaining 361 aids to navigation in Upper Chesapeake Bay and ...

7. Ida Lewis - Wikipedia

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   The burgee of the Ida Lewis Yacht Club features a lighthouse with 18 stars, representing the 18 people rescued by Ida Lewis. [13] In 1995, the United States Coast Guard named the first of a new class of buoy tenders for Ida Lewis. The USCGC Ida Lewis, the lead ship of the 175' Keeper class, is stationed at Middletown, Rhode Island.