United States lightship Columbia (WLV-604)
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United States lightship Columbia (WLV-604) is a lightship located in Astoria, Oregon, United States of America. Columbia was formerly moored near the mouth of the Columbia River.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USCGC Columbia (WLV-604) |
Namesake | Columbia River |
Builder | Rice Brothers Corporation, Boothbay, Maine |
Launched | 1950 |
Commissioned | 1951 |
Decommissioned | 1979 |
Homeport | Astoria, Oregon |
Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 617 long tons (627 t) |
Length | 128 ft (39 m) |
Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Propulsion | 1 × 550 hp (410 kW) Atlas-Imperial direct reversing 8-cylinder diesel engine |
Speed | 10.7 knots (19.8 km/h; 12.3 mph) |
Complement | 17 enlisted, 1 warrant officer[1] |
Anchor: | 7,000 lb (3,200 kg) mushroom anchor |
Light: | 600 kilocandela lens, 1,200 watt light (13 nmi (24 km; 15 mi) range) |
Foghorn: | Diaphone foghorn (5 mi (8.0 km) range) |
Lightship WAL-604, "Columbia" | |
Location | 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, Oregon |
Coordinates | 46°11′25″N 123°49′26″W |
Built | 1950 |
Architect | Rice Brothers |
NRHP reference No. | 89002463 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 17, 1978[2] |
Designated NHL | December 20, 1989[3] |
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