U. S. Lighthouse Service Tenders, 1840-1939 [Hardcover]

Douglas Peterson (Author)

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About the Author

Doug Peterson is retired from the U.S.Coast Guard and is now a historian of Coast Guard vessels.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 170 pages
• Publisher: Eastwind Pub (August 16, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 188545712X
• ISBN-13: 978-1885457127
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #577,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #51 in Books > Professional & Technical > Transportation > Ships > Pictorial

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only book on the subject..., February 12, 2001

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Great Lakes Historical Society (Vermilion, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: U. S. Lighthouse Service Tenders, 1840-1939 (Hardcover)

This book features, in chronological order, the more than 200 named tenders of the Lighthouse Service from 1840-1939 (when the Service merged into the U.S. Coast Guard). The book is a high quality production, beautifully designed with more than 175 B&W photos of amazing quality and clarity. The book is indexed for easy reference.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Lakes Buoy Tenders, April 28, 2010

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Timothy J. Downs - See all my reviews
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This review is from: U. S. Lighthouse Service Tenders, 1840-1939 (Hardcover)

This is just a marvelous, definitive book. Both my Father and my Uncle were Captains of Buoy Tenders which worked on the Great lakes and the St. Lawrence River. Being born in 1931, I have boyhood memories of the actual tenders and life in the Lighthouse Service. Not only does the book enhance and confirm my memories but it provides much information I did not know. I have purchased copies for my brother and my two sons. If it is still available I may buy more copies, in the future. I have been working on the genealogy of my family and this book ties in with our heritage. My boyhood impression was of a little Lighthouse Service going into a big Coast Guard. Now I realize that impression was wrong and the addition of the Lighthouse Service, in 1939, almost doubled the Coast Guard.