page_title: USLHT Armeria
hierarchical_section_title: USLHT Armeria
caption_attribution_description: English: The United States Lighthouse Service lighthouse tender USHLT Armeria sometime after she was wrecked on either 15 or 20 May 1912 on an uncharted submerged rock off the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska, either off the southern tip of Montague Island or off Cape Hinchinbrook Light near the southern end of Hinchinbrook Island. She flies the United States flag upside down as a distress signal.
context_page_description: USLHT Armeria was a lighthouse tender in commission with the United States Lighthouse Board from December 1890 to March 1898. After Spanish–American War service in the United States Navy as USS Armeria from May to August 1898, she resumed her lighthouse tender duties, first with the Lighthouse Board from 1898 to 1910 and then with its successor organization, the United States Lighthouse Service, from 1910 until she was wrecked in 1912. She was the first lighthouse tender assigned to permanent duty in the Territory of Alaska.
context_section_description: USLHT Armeria was a lighthouse tender in commission with the United States Lighthouse Board from December 1890 to March 1898. After Spanish–American War service in the United States Navy as USS Armeria from May to August 1898, she resumed her lighthouse tender duties, first with the Lighthouse Board from 1898 to 1910 and then with its successor organization, the United States Lighthouse Service, from 1910 until she was wrecked in 1912. She was the first lighthouse tender assigned to permanent duty in the Territory of Alaska.
caption: USLHT Armeria after she was wrecked on a submerged rock in mid-May 1912. She is flying the United States flag upside down as a distress signal.
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