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A few weeks back, the plan was to fry some eggs on the new knee in the Crew Head, but the guys forgot the eggs. So the knee was recently heated up just for egg-frying. Note the use of hose clamps to keep the eggs neat and in place.)( And, yes, they were eaten--in the open air on the well deck by the essential crew.
We think it's time for another puzzle. Can you restore this engine? https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=226f08044c62
Free online jigsaw puzzle game
Last project done, two weeks ago, was replacing the plastic water supply hose with stainless steel. Hudson River Park turned on the water service early, so our heads are operating again.
WELCOME!
A little spring of hope arrived just now to the New York City harbor as the city battles coronavirus. The USNS Comfort naval ship has docked at Pier 90.
Today, March 25, is National Medal of Honor Day. This award recognizes those who have distinguished themselves conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty. It is a rare and selective award--only one Coastguardsman has ever received it. We are surrounded these days by people going above and beyond the call of duty. It doesn't mean they are not afraid. Courage means doing the job anyway. Thank you to all who carry on.
No need to hoard toilet paper!
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In these anxious times, a little diversion is sometimes in order. Thanks to Pablo Martinez Diaz for creating some LILAC jigsaw puzzles. See if you can solve this one and post your time here. Stay well.
Free online jigsaw puzzle game
This photo of Bill Cofer was sent to us by his daughter Leslie. Do any of you veterans remember him? She says he served on LILAC and later on the COURIER, retiring in about 1969. From his uniform insignia, it looks like he was a Chief Warrant Officer when the photo was taken. Help with that is also welcome.
This week, work included fitting a new longitudinal stringer to the knee we posted about two weeks ago. In the Crew Head, this structural piece was missing, having been cut away, probably when the Head was retrofitted with fiberglass insulation late in the ship's career. Our volunteer crew was heating and bending the newly fabricated piece to fit the knee and making other adjustments.
Even an old ship needs new knees! This one is being fitted in to the Crew Head and will be riveted in soon. Yes, you heard that right. Riveting.
Fabulous video featuring USCGC LILAC and starring our friend Peter Zummo
Official Music Video for Vula Viel - What's Not Enough About That?
From the new album: https://vulaviel.bandcamp.com/
Lyrics:
What's Not Enough?
...
What's Not Enough
If I just come and play?
What's Not Enough
You don't know me!
What's Not Enough About That?
...
What's Not Enough?
Somebody love you.
What's Not Enough?
Somebody love me.
What's Not Enough About That?
Bandcamp : https://vulaviel.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0dAE6D3BeyHnsxYEKfVZX6
Vula Viel are:
Bex Burch - Gyil
Ruth Goller - Bass
Jim Hart - Drums
Peter Zummo - Guest Vocals
Music and lyrics by Bex Burch
Directed and edited by: Louise Boer
Filmed by: Louise Boer (Tokyo, London, New York) and Joe Zummo (New York)
Key grip: Julia Zummo (New York)
Music engineered and mixed by Dilip Harris
Mastered by Tyler McDiarmid
Thanks to Quinton Scott
Supported by PRS Foundation and Sound and Music
https://vulaviel.com
We are saddened to learn, belatedly, of the death of Ray Burdeos who served as a steward's apprentice on USCGC LILAC from 1956 to 1958.
https://www.galvnews.com/obituaries/article_0df58a33-1f3a-57e0-b85f-28cf58ea50ad.html
The family invites you for a viewing at Carnes Brothers Funeral Home, 1201 Tremont in Galveston on Monday, September 3 at 5 p.m. with a Rosary at 6:30 p.m. led
Greg Fitzgerald just launched a fundraiser for LILAC on his page! Please donate.
John Wickam sent me this and I found the machinery which made lighthouses tick facinating. I know we just had a lighthouse film but could not resist sharing this one with you.
Our Museum Director Mary Habstritt just raised $530 for us with a Facebook fundraiser! You can create a fundraiser that benefits LILAC too. Just follow the simple steps here: https://www.facebook.com/fund/steamerlilac/
Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas, all.
We'll be selling LILAC t-shirts at the National Lighthouse Museum's "Museum Store Sunday" from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM this Sunday, December 1st. It's your chance to stock up on these and other lighthouse-themed items for holiday gift-giving.
Always ready to lend a hand, the crews of USCGC PENOBSCOT BAY (WTGB 107) and USCGC LINE dedicated a day of service to the oldest lighthouse tender afloat. And, made a nice video about it too. Thank you! ❤️
The crews of USCGC PENOBSCOT BAY (WTGB 107) and USCGC Line gathered at the historic Lighthouse Tender Lilac yesterday in #NYC to lend some muscle for the restoration and preservation of this former U.S. Coast Guard workhorse.
Like the blackhulls of Lilac's generation, the Penobscot Bay and Line carry on a proud tradition of aiding maritime navigation. Stay tuned this winter as our blackhulls break ice up and down the #HudsonRiver, clearing the path for commerce and recreation.
#USCG #history #maritime #lighthouse #volunteer #service #icebreaking #ATON #newyorkcity #fixerupper #blackhull #communityservice @steamerlilac
We're busy getting ready for winter. Sunday's crew installed and filled a water tank in the cargo hold where it won't freeze. This will provide water after Hudson River Park shuts off our connection for the season.
The second day of Open House New York was wet and miserable, but the 50+ visitors were clearly motivated to get to the ship in spite of the rain. Many stayed a long time, in conversation with our volunteers and soaking up the art and history. #OHNYwknd
Lighthouse Artist Elaine Marie Austin greeted visitors in our main gallery on Saturday and led children in a storytelling activity. We had 177 visitors that day! Open House New York #ohnywknd
Nerd alert! Open House New York #OHNYwknd
Our final weekend of the season will have a little something for everyone...
Open House New York #OHNYwknd
Back on the first of September, the work crew opened up a junction box for the degaussing system and a rainbow of wires was revealed, seen perhaps for the first time since WWII when it was installed to protect the ship from mines.
Just a sample of our friends from The River Project at work sampling life in the Hudson River from LILAC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA1wQ487jwg&app=desktop
The River Project's staff and interns check traps off steamship Lilac for the fish ecology survey. This video was made as part of The River Project's Back to...
Voices of Lighthouses exhibit opens Saturday @ LILAC
Happy to help The COOP! We're looking forward to the play. #terrafirma
Thanks to the amazing folks at Lilac Preservation Project for donating old ship ropes and pulleys for our #terrafirma set. Tickets are on sale now!
Miele Exhibit Ends This Weekend @ LILAC - https://mailchi.mp/lilacpreservationproject/miele-exhibit-extended-to-september-lilac-2964993
Sam got dirty last week disconnecting a broken scupper in tight quarters #steamerlilac #coastguardcutterlilac #lilacpreservationproject #volunteering #plumbing
LILAC has a historic connection to one of the Coast Guard's newest cutters. The USCGC MIDGETT is named for generations of Midgetts who well and proudly served the Coast Guard. One was John E. Midgett who served several tours of duty as LILAC's Commanding Officer. Huzzah for the new cutter! Semper Paratus.
Please Join us 10 a.m., Saturday, as Admiral Karl Schultz, the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, presides over the dual commissioning of the Coast Guard Cutters Kimball (WMSL 756) and Midgett (WMSL 757) at Base Honolulu.
This is especially sad when so few citizens are aware of the Coast Guard's service overseas in wartime. Their sacrifice should be properly recognized.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/08/09/navy-trying-cover-wwii-explosion-killed-250.html?ESRC=coastguard_190814.nl
Packed with 600 tons of ammo and explosives, the USS Serpens died in a flash beneath a full moon on Jan. 29, 1945.
The Coast Guard is a military service, a law enforcement organization, a regulatory agency, a first responder and an intelligence gatherer, according to a recent Military.com article about the newest cutters to be commissioned. "A Swiss Army knife flexibility" seems to sum it up all right.
Restoration of the Lyle gun was completed Sunday. That is, short of adding a firing mechanism and carriage. Often referred to by the name of the artilleryman who designed it, a Lyle gun was used to shoot a line to a ship in trouble to help rescue crew and passengers. Such line-throwing guns were typically fired from shore by surfmen of the U.S. Life Saving Service who staffed stations on shores where shipwrecks were common. (Like the U.S. Lighthouse Service which built LILAC, the Life Saving Service became part of the Coast Guard.) We found remnants of black paint to indicate that this gun was painted all black early on, probably for ease of maintenance, so we went with that. It was manufactured just down the street from Pier 25 according to the builder's plate. It was donated to LILAC by the U.S. Maritime Administration.
Parakeet spotted at LILAC on Saturday! It is not known whether he is a friend of "Lyle," the black-crowned night heron that fishes from the rudder.
Opened for the first time in 40 years--the officers' skylight!
After yoga on the pier with Veterans Yoga Project we watched the sun set from the deck.
Jay chipped paint all afternoon!
Thrilled to hear stories from back in the day from Lilac veteran Steve Vani! #lilacpreservationproject #coastguard #coastguardcutter #coastguardcutterlilac #coastguardveterans
One of our new tshirts, won in the raffle at our opening reception. Congratulations David Derbyshire!
Now that the water has warmed, we added two more anodes to the rudder and the project to protect the hull from galvanic action is nearly complete. Thanks to our friends at the Downtown Boathouse for loaning a canoe--and Kelly.
The Voice of America--Russia story about LILAC is now up. We mentioned this was in the works in our post on May 17th. It's dubbed in Russian, of course. View it at https://www.golos-ameriki.ru/a/4935849.html
«Сирень» – плавучий музей Нью-Йоркской бухты
It's amusing that the first word revealed by the wrestler playing the scratch-off lottery game is "Lilac."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZeNfj5E9Dc
The ship opens early tomorrow for the Great Fish Count!
The Great Fish Count is this Saturday, June 1st!
The World Science Festival Great Fish Count is an all-age, hands-on celebration of the marine life in the waters surrounding our five boroughs.
From 11am-1pm, join The River Project to check fish traps aboard the Lilac Preservation Project steamship. Help us count the many species of fish and marine creatures right here in our own city waterways.
This event is FREE and open to the public.
RSVP to [email protected]. Rain or shine!
Check out @worldsciencefestival for more Fish Count sites throughout NYC, Westchester County, and NJ. This event is produced in partnership with NYSDEC and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Surprise for Lilac's birthday party tonight, Peter Zummo and friends will be giving us some live music. The Buoy Tender reception runs from 7 to 10 PM with cash bar. 21+ only.
Watch Spectrum News NY1 tomorrow, Friday, May 24, for Roger Clark's story about Lilac. We'll be live from the ship at 6:50, 7:50 and 8:50 AM. (Yes, that is AM.)
We need birthday cake! The supermarket we used to buy our sheet cake from has closed and Captain Mary is searching for a new supplier. We always serve cake during our opening weekend. This year we're celebrating Lilac's 86th birthday. She was launched on May 26, 1933.
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Thursday, we said good-bye to the KATHERINE WALKER. She's back out there keeping watch on New York Harbor.
The old Hobart mixer is working, on DC current no less, thanks to Jon and Cindy. We still need a mixing bowl. One good thing is that these mixers never die and accessories are standardized so we've added a bowl to LILAC's Amazon wishlist.
To paraphrase Shakespeare, Aye, there's a winch! Now all we need is a bigger air compressor (the engine room compressor--salvaged from the TAMAROA--can only manage a couple of turns) and visitors could see some machinery going around when they step on board. We're looking for a used 185 cfm model. Let us know if you can help. (A boat would be nice too.)
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Washington Avenue & Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238