United States lightship Buffalo (LV-82)

United States lightship Buffalo (LV-82)
History
United States
Name:	Buffalo LV-82
Owner:	United States Lighthouse Service
Builder:	Racine-Truscott-Shell Lake Boat Company (Muskegon, Michigan)
Cost:	$42,910
Launched:	1911
In service:	1912 to November 1913 1917 to 1936
Out of service:	November 1913 to 1916
Renamed:	Relief LV-82 (1916-1925) Eleven Foot LV-82 (1926-1936)
General characteristics
Tonnage:	187
Length:	95.2 ft (29.0 m)
Beam:	21 ft (6.4 m)
Height:	10 ft (3.0 m)
Draft:	7.2 ft (2.2 m)
Installed power:	14 ft (4.3 m) diameter 120 psi boiler 90 HP steam engine
Propulsion:	5 ft (1.5 m) Cast iron propeller with a 7.2 ft (2.2 m) pitch
Complement:	Six

1912 to November 1913

Relief LV-82 (1916-1925)

14 ft (4.3 m) diameter 120 psi boiler

United States lightship Buffalo (LV-82) was a lightship built in 1911 for the United States Lighthouse Service and stationed off Point Abino, Ontario, Canada to help guide vessels heading for the harbor at Buffalo, New York. During the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, LV-82 stayed at its assigned station and was sunk with the loss of all six crew members.

On May 13, 1914 the wreckage of LV-82 was located two miles from its assigned location in 63 feet of water. Following two failed salvage attempts, LV-82 was raised from the bottom using pontoons and sent to be refurbished.