USLHT Camellia

	USLHT Camellia unloading supplies at Cape St. George Light on St. George Island on the Gulf coast of Florida.
History
United States Lighthouse Service
Name	USLHT Camellia
Namesake	Camellia, a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae
Builder	Racine Boat Manufacturing Company, Muskegon, Michigan
Completed	1911
Commissioned	13 July 1911
Fate	Transferred to U.S. Army 11 April 1917
Acquired	1 July 1919 (from U.S. Navy)
Fate	Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard 1 July 1939
History
United States Army
Name	Camellia
Namesake	Previous name retained
Acquired	11 April 1917 (from U.S. Lighthouse Service)
Fate	Transferred to U.S. Navy 1 July 1917
History
United States Navy
Name	USS Camellia
Namesake	Previous name retained
Acquired	1 July 1917 (from U.S. Army)
Fate	Transferred to U.S. Lighthouse Service 1 July 1919
History
United States Coast Guard
Name	USCGC Cedar (WAGL-207)
Namesake	Previous name retained
Acquired	1 July 1939 (from U.S. Lighthouse Service)
Decommissioned	18 August 1947
Reclassified	WAGL-206 in 1942
Fate	Transferred to the Dominican Republic 1949
History
Dominican Republic
Name	Capotillo (FB 101)
Acquired	1949
Reclassified	Service Craft No. 1
Fate	Extant 1980s
General characteristics
Type	Lighthouse tender
Displacement	377 long tons (383 t); 1919: 276 long tons (280 t);
Length	116 ft 7 in (35.5 m) (overall); 106 ft (32.3 m) (between perpendiculars);
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.5 m)
Draft	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	As built: Two Almy-type water-tube boilers, two 280-ihp (237-kW) triple-expansion inverted direct-acting steam engines, one shaft; 1933: Two Atlas-Imperial diesel engines;
Speed	9 knots
Complement	16; 1919: 21;

USLHT Camellia was a lighthouse tender in commission in the fleet of the United States Lighthouse Service from 1911 to 1917 and from 1919 to 1939, and – as USCGC Camellia (WAGL-206) – in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard from 1939 to 1947. During World War I she briefly saw war service with the United States Army in 1917 before serving as the United States Navy patrol vessel USS Camellia from 1917 to 1919. She also saw service in World War II under U.S. Navy control while in the Coast Guard fleet. After the conclusion of her United States Government career, she operated for decades in the service of the Dominican Navy as Capotillo (FB 101).

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