Lightning, 1931
Built: Vineyard Shipbuilding, Milford, DE
Cost: Unknown
Machinery: Compound-expansion steam, 18" and 38" x 26" stroke
Top Speed: Unknown
Length: 110'
Beam: 24' 6"
Draft: 13' 7"
Displacement: 397 tons
Launched: 1920
Commissioned: 7 January 1932
Disposition: Sold 30 January 1935
Complement: Unknown
Armament: Unknown
Cutter History:
A harbor cutter transferred from the U.S. Shipping Board, Lightning was stationed at New York City. Note: This vessel is listed as 94 feet in length in earlier Coast Guard registers.
Sources:
Donald Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995.
U.S. Coast Guard. Record of Movements: Vessels of the United States Coast Guard: 1790 - December 31, 1933. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934; 1989 (reprint).