Goldenrod, 1888
Any of numerous chiefly North American plants of the genus Solidago, having clusters of small yellow flower heads that bloom in late summer or fall.
Builder: Sweeney & Brothers, Jeffersonville, Indiana
Length: 150'
Beam: 26' 6"
Draft: 3' 8"
Displacement: 283 tons
Cost: $33,221.44
Commissioned: 12 December 1888
Decommissioned: 20 June 1924
Disposition: Sold
Machinery: 2 high pressure non-condensing steam engines; 2 locomotive-type boilers; 152 BHP; stern paddle wheel
Performance & Endurance:
Max: 12 mph
Cruising:
Deck Gear:
Complement: 22 (1907)
Armament: None
Tender History:
The United States tender Goldenrod was "a steel stern wheel steamer built from a special appropriation for a 'steam-tender for the Western Rivers." She was built at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1888 for a contract price of $26,400 with the final cost being $33,221.44 as built. She was powered by two high pressure, lever non-condensing steam engines. She was placed on duty in the 14th Lighthouse District in December, 1888. She was used by the Army Corps of Engineers during World War I.
She was decommissioned in 1924 and sold.
Sources:
Cutter History File. USCG Historian's Office, USCG HQ, Washington, D.C.
Douglas Peterson. United States Lighthouse Service Tenders, 1840-1939. Annapolis: Eastwind Publishing, 2000.