U.S. Life-Saving Service and U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Craft History
Tim Dring, Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve-Retired
  • Home
  • Projects
  • Rescue Craft
  • Images
  • References
  • Capabilities
  • Station Inventory
  • About
Picture
Picture

Type H Motor Lifeboat (36ft.)

Self-righting and self-bailing; 36ft. 0in. overall length, 9ft. 6in. beam over fenders, 5ft. 6in. depth amidships above keel, draft 3ft. 2.5in.; 14285lbs./6.38tons displacement; single 50HP/970RPM 4 cylinder/4 cycle Wisconsin J-M gasoline engine mounted in amidships watertight engine compartment, with single propeller; maximum speed 9.2 kts.; two copper fuel tanks of 120gal. and 28gal.; 275 nautical mile cruising range; two-masted dipping lug sailing rig; canvas spray screen mounted on forward air casing covering aft about six feet; four thwarts for eight oars rowed in double-banked configuration; carvel-built wooden hull of single cypress or white pine planking over oak frames, copper and bronze fastened; watertight wooden end air cases forward and aft above watertight main deck, with six watertight bulkheads/twelve watertight compartments; 1800lb. molded cast iron keel; self-bailing within 16sec. by means of four freeing trunks (two each side around engine compartment) through bottom; self-rights in 7sec. A total of 76 lifeboats of this type were built by the Coast Guard’s Curtis Bay Yard over the years 1918 to 1928.
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.