This is my scratch-built model of the United States Lighthouse Tender (USLHT) Maple W-234 as she appeared just after commissioning. It measures over 2 feet long and was built mostly from paper, cardboard, and wood. The Maple was the last ship built for the US Lighthouse Service in 1939 just before the service became a part of the Coast Guard. Built in Duluth, she spent her entire career on the Great Lakes. She also served for a time as the research vessel Roger Simons for the EPA. In the 1990's I helped to restore her as a museum for the Great Lakes Center for Marine History. She has since passed into private ownership and remains operational to this day out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin..