This model was built by Vaclav Neidermertl, a master model maker. Vaclav has spent most of his life building ship models and has received numerous Bronze and Silver Medals in both his homeland of the Check Republic and in Vienna where he won the Silver and Bronze medals of Europe from NAVGA.
The Model you see here is entirely scratch built using only Wood, Museum Board and a pulp based compound. EVERYTHING is made by scratch/hand.
Model Dimensions: Length 26in.
Height 19in.
Scale : 1:75
Information below provided by US Coast Guard:
HISTORICAL NOTES: LV 83-
Delivered late 1904 or early 1905 (date not found)-
1905: Feb 14, cleared New York for San Francisco in company with LV 76. Capt
Robert Quinton commanded LV 76, Capt E.M. Trott commanded LV 83 and designated
senior Master for the voyage. Each Master "was furnished instructions,
credentials, and means for prosecution of his voyage to the Pacific Coast."
(Date of arrival at San Francisco not found)-
1906:Placed on Blunts Reef (CA) off Cape Mendocino-
1906: Dragged off station in heavy storms Nov 3-7, Dec 9ã11-
1907: Dragged off station in heavy storms Jan 6-8, Feb 24-27, Mar 22-25,
Jun 19-28; off station for repairs during April-
1915: Jan, during a storm registering 110 mph winds, dragged 2 mi off station-
1916: Jun 15, between 0145 and 0330, 155 people were taken aboard the lightship;
being the passengers and crew of the steamer BEAR, stranded in dense fog nearby;
people later transferred to other vessels in the vicinity-
Remained assigned to Blunts until 1929-
1929:Assigned to San Francisco until 1942 when withdrawn during WWII-
1945: Reassigned to San Francisco station until 1951, then assigned Relief duty
until 1960
RETIRED FROM LIGHTSHIP DUTY: 1960; AGE: 54
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