 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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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States Lighthouse Board | |
| Name | USLHT Armeria |
| Namesake | Armeria, a group of small, stemless, perennial herbs with narrow evergreen leaves |
| Builder | Dialogue & Company, Camden, New Jersey |
| Cost | $178,930.09 |
| Commissioned | 4 December 1890 |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy 24 March 1898 |
| Acquired | 11 August 1898 (from U.S. Navy) |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Lighthouse Service 1910 |
| History | |
 United States Navy | |
| Name | USS Armeria |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | 24 March 1898 |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Lighthouse Board 11 August 1898 |
| History | |
| United States Lighthouse Service | |
| Name | USLHT Armeria |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | 1910 (from U.S. Lighthouse Board) |
| Fate | Wrecked 15 or 20 May 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Lighthouse tender |
| Tonnage | 1,600 gross; 631 net |
| Displacement | 1,052 long tons (1,069 t) |
| Length | 201 ft 8 in (61.47 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft 9 in (10.59 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m) |
| Propulsion | |
| Sail plan | Schooner rig |
| Complement | 39 |
| Armament | 2 guns (during U.S. Navy service) |
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.