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A lighthouse tender is a ship specifically designed to maintain, support, or tend to
lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Ligh ...
s or lightvessels, providing supplies, fuel, mail, and transportation. The work is often carried out by ships which also act as buoy tenders. In the
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, these ships originally served as part of the Lighthouse Service and now are part of the
Coast Guard A coast guard or coastguard is a Maritime Security Regimes, maritime security organization of a particular country. The term embraces wide range of responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with cust ...
. The first American tender of the Lighthouse Service was former revenue cutter , which was acquired in 1840. The first steam tender was the , completed in 1857 and put into service on the West Coast in 1858. The was the last active representative of the service, and is now a US
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See also

* List of lighthouse tenders by country * – classified as "Motion Transport Lighthouses" ships *
Navigational aid A navigational aid (NAVAID), also known as aid to navigation (ATON), is any sort of signal, markers or guidance equipment which aids the traveler in navigation, usually nautical or aviation travel. Common types of such aids include lighthouses, ...
* Trinity House *
Northern Lighthouse Board The Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) is the general lighthouse authority for Scotland and the Isle of Man. It is a non-departmental public body responsible for ocean, marine navigation aids around coastal areas. History The NLB was formed by ...


References


Further reading

* * * United States Coast Guard, ''Aids to Navigation'', (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1945). *


External links


Great Lakes Lighthouse tenders, Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light.

U.S. Coast Guard, Fir (WLM 212).
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