Lightship "Relief" of Oakland, California Lighting Showing the American yachts Bedovin

Showing the American yachts Bedovin

Scale model of Sir Thomas Lipton's America's Cup challenger Shamrock V

with polished steel cases that have been stripped and meticulously polished and lacquered

This has been meticulously polished and lacquered and this is a great old relic

protective cage

Lightship "Relief" of Oakland, California Lighting Showing the American yachts BedovinCoast Guard vessel "Relief" was launched in 1950 as WAL 605. She began service at the lightstation "Overfalls" at the entrance to Delaware Bay, serving until 1960, when the station was discontinued. Until 1969 she served at Blunts Reef. She was then given the name "Relief", assigned duty to relieve other lightships on the Pacific coast. She was retired from service in 1975 and decommissioned the following year. She was acquired in 1986 by the United