USLHT Dahlia
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The United States Lighthouse Tender Dahlia was a lighthouse tender serving on the Great Lakes.
The first Great Lakes tender to be specifically built for that purpose, she was built in 1874 by Neafie & Levy[1] and placed into commission at Detroit, Michigan. The ship was refitted in 1881, and again in 1891.
On 5 November 1907 while docked at Milwaukee she was struck by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". receiving $450 in damage.[2] On 5 May 1909 she was sold to E. W. Seymour, of Chicago, and rebuilt as passenger and freight carrier, and rechristened Flora M. Hill on 12 May 1910,[1] under which name she served as a ferry between Chicago and Green Bay. The ship became stuck in heavy ice on 11 March 1912, while attempting to enter Chicago Harbor; after her passengers were unloaded, she was allowed to sink to the bottom, where her remains were seen as a shipping hazard and dynamited.
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