Birch, 1917
Birch: Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Betula, common in the Northern Hemisphere and having white, yellowish or gray bark separable from the wood in sheets.
Builder: ?; Erie, Pennsylvania
Length: 40'
Beam: 34' 10"
Draft: 5' 6"
Displacement: 13-tons
Cost: $ ?
Commissioned: 1917
Decommissioned: 1930
Disposition: Sold on 8 September 1932
Machinery: Steam engine; 35 BHP; single propeller
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Deck Gear:
Complement: No assigned regular crew
Armament: None
Electronics: None
Tender History:
Birch was a 13-ton steam-powered small harbor tender that served as a buoy boat in the 10th Lighthouse District from 1917 until 1930. She was decommissioned in 1930 as being "beyond economical repair" and was sold. She became a private tug named Avalon.
Sources:
Douglas Peterson. United States Lighthouse Service Tenders, 1840-1939. Annapolis: Eastwind Publishing, 2000