Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-12-18 | Page 10 | Old Tars Spend Lonesome Days in U. .S Lighthouse Service

Old Tars Spend Lonesome Days in U. S. Lighthouse Service I i' . i J The Swiftsure's crew said it was a calm day, but wave bounded bound-ed high when this photograph was made. The boat has a master and crew of 10, on duty 24 hours a day. They spend two months aboard and then one month ashore, I "Heaven help the sailors on a night like this and .don't forget us lightship sailors, too," mutter mut-ter Captain Erick Lindman, left, and upside-down-pipe-smoking Seaman Ed Howe. This storm is just another blow to these salts who have been on the sea all their lives, - t The Swif Uure Bank lightship rides a moderate swell on a clear day at anchorage 20 miles off Neah Bay, Washington state. The vessel carries two 15,000-candlepower lights, one as a spare, and their rays are visible 14 miles. Behind the funnel is the four-horned fog horn. I