Historia
This lighthouse tender was built in 1908 by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden NJ.
Notas históricas
This vessel was schooner rigged. On February 27, 1911 the U.S. Lighthouse Tender Kukui collided with the schooner Moi Wahine off Kaunakakai near the island of Molokai, Territory of Hawaii.The Kukui was reported not to have stopped at the scene of the incident but carried on to her destination. The schooner was reported to have not been displaying lights at the teme of the incident.
Propietarios y capitanes
In 1908-1946 she was owned by the United States Lighthouse Service (US Department of Commerce & Labor, Washington DC USA.
She was sold out of service on April 8, 1947.
Capitanes
Captain Kariger (1911);
Significado del nombre
U. S. buoy tenders are usually named for flora, and Kukui is the local Hawaiian name for the Candlenut tree. Kukui are Hawaiian trees that are most common in lowland, windward valley bottoms where they tend to form dense groves.
Referencias
- Merchant Vessels of the United States (1911)
- Evening Bulletin (Honolulu Hawaii) Tuesday February 28, 1911 page 1
- archives.uslhs.org ↗ (website viewed 17/09/2022)
