The US Coast Guard has a number of documents available via their historian's Office:Lighthouses, Lightships, Tenders & Other Aids to Navigation Subjects
Lighthouses & Light Stations:
Light Stations: Information & Historic Photography
A history of the Lighthouse Act of 1789, written by the U.S. Senate's Historical Office (pdf file)
U.S. Lighthouse Service Chronology, 1716-1939
Lighthouse Subject Files Held by the Historian's Office
Light Station Files Held by the Historian's Office (Alphabetical Listing): Word doc; pdf file
Light Station Files Held by the Historian's Office (Listed by State): Word doc; pdf file
Lighthouse Evolution & Typology
Lighthouses, Lightships, & Aids to Navigation Bibliography
U.S. Lighthouse Service Uniforms
Lighthouses & Other Aids to Navigation in Alaskan History (pdf file)
Historically Famous Lighthouses, CG-232 (pdf)
Remaining Lighthouses: Provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Society
Teachers: a Guide to Teaching About Lighthouses, Kindergarten Through the Fourth Grade (pdf)
Teachers: A Gallery of Lighthouse Images (pdf)
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U.S. Lighthouse Service Uniform Regulations, 1893
Official U.S. Lighthouse Service Documents & Publications:
U.S. Lighthouse Service Discharge Certificate, Lighthouse-Board Form 77, dated 1904
U.S. Lighthouse Service Tender Painting Regulations (only excerpt of relevant sections of the 1914 U.S. Lighthouse Service Regulations regarding the painting of tenders and lightships)
U. S. Lighthouse Service Uniform Regulations, 1920
U.S. Lighthouse Service Tender Painting Regulations (only excerpt of relevant sectionsof the 1927 U.S. Lighthouse Service Regulations regarding the painting of tenders and lightships)
Lightships:
Lightship IndexFive lightship sailors describe what life was like on the Chesapeake Lightship during the 1930's.
Long Range Aids to Navigation (LORAN):
LORAN Index
Buoys & Buoy-Lighthouse Tenders:
Buoys & Tenders: A History; by Amy K. Marshall; based on her Master's Thesis (next entry)
"Frequently Close to the Point of Peril: A History of Buoys and Tenders in U.S. Coastal Waters, 1789-1939." A Master's Thesis by Amy K. Marshall (pdf).
"U.S. Coast Guard 133-Foot Buoy Tenders": The illustrated HAER Report for the National Park Service on the White-class buoy tenders; the report contains a detailed history of this class of tender, including historic photographs as well as a complete set of plans. (pdf file).
"U.S. Coast Guard 180-Foot Buoy Tenders": The HAER Report for the National Park Service on the 180-foot buoy tenders; the report contains a detailed history of this class of tender, including historic photographs as well as a complete set of plans. (pdf file)
"U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Fir (WLM-212): A Lighthouse Buoy Tender for the Pacific Northwest." The illustrated National Park Service HAER Report on this historic Coast Guard tender. (pdf file)
Sea Going & Coastal Buoy Tenders, A Historic Photo Gallery
Inland, River & Construction Tenders, A History Photo Gallery
- Found on the US Coast Guard website
