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Azalea II (Lighthouse Tender)

1917-1919

The Navy retained the name carried by this vessel at the time of her acquisition.

(Lighthouse Tender: tonnage 500; length 145'; beam 25'; complement 22)

The lighthouse tender Azalea was built at New York City in 1891 for the United States Lighthouse Service. Transferred to the Navy on 16 April 1917, she was commissioned on 9 May and assigned to the First Naval District for which she salvaged navigational aids, adjusted buoys, and tended nets through the Armistice and into 1919. Following the return of peace, the tender was returned to the Lighthouse Service in accordance with an Executive Order dated 1 July 1919.

Robert J. Cressman

29 July 2020

Published: Wed Jul 29 11:45:34 EDT 2020