Central Waterfront at Moss Bay, Kirkland, Washington. County/parish: King.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 23, 1975. NRIS 75001852.
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
Light Vessel Number 83 (LV-83) Swiftsure is a lightship and museum ship owned by Northwest Seaport in Seattle, Washington. Launched in 1904 at Camden, New Jersey and in active service until 1960 after serving on all five of the American west coast's lightship stations, it is the oldest surviving lightship in the United States, the only one still fitted with its original steam engine, and the last lightship with wooden decks. LV-83 was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989, and has been undergoing major restoration since 2008.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75612590