page_title: Lighthouse tender
hierarchical_section_title: Lighthouse tender
caption_attribution_description: English: U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Fir (WLM 212) off Cape Flattery lighthouse. USCGC Fir is now on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (ID #92001880) and is moored on the Seattle, Washington waterfront at 1519 Alaskan Way South.
context_page_description: A lighthouse tender is a ship specifically designed to maintain, support, or tend to lighthouses or lightvessels, providing supplies, fuel, mail, and transportation.
  In the United States, these ships originally served as part of the Lighthouse Service and now are part of the Coast Guard. The first American tender of the Lighthouse Service was former revenue cutter Rushnourder, which was acquired in 1840. The first steam tender was the Shubrick, completed in 1857 and put into service on the West Coast in 1858. The Fir was the last active representative of the service, and is now a US National Historic Landmark.
context_section_description: A lighthouse tender is a ship specifically designed to maintain, support, or tend to lighthouses or lightvessels, providing supplies, fuel, mail, and transportation.
  In the United States, these ships originally served as part of the Lighthouse Service and now are part of the Coast Guard. The first American tender of the Lighthouse Service was former revenue cutter Rushnourder, which was acquired in 1840. The first steam tender was the Shubrick, completed in 1857 and put into service on the West Coast in 1858. The Fir was the last active representative of the service, and is now a US National Historic Landmark.
caption: US lighthouse tender USCGC Fir at sea with the Cape Flattern Light in the background.
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