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Lightship Nantucket (LV-112)
History
United States
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United States Lighthouse Service (1936–1939)
United States Coast Guard (1939–1983)
Nantucket Lightship Preservation Inc. (1986–)
BuilderPusey & Jones
Cost$300,956
Launched1936
In service1936
Out of service1975
Honors and
awards		Declared National Historic Landmark in 1989
StatusMuseum ship
General characteristics
TypeLightvessel
Displacement1050[clarification needed]
Length148 ft 10 in (45.36 m)
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft16 ft 3 in (4.95 m)
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
ArmamentOne 3-inch (76 mm) gun (1942–1945)
Lightship No. 112, Nantucket
Map showing the location of LV-112 in Massachusetts
Map showing the location of LV-112 in Massachusetts
LocationBoston, MA
Built1936[2]
ArchitectPusey & Jones
NRHP reference No.89002464[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP20 December 1989
Designated NHL20 December 1989[3]

United States lightship Nantucket (LV-112), also known as Lightship No. 112, Nantucket, is a National Historic Landmark (NHL) lightship that served at Lightship Nantucket position. She was the last serving lightship and at time of NHL application, one of only two capable of moving under their own power.[2]

Her $300,000 cost, greater than that of any predecessor, was paid for by the White Star Line in compensation for the collision and sinking of United States lightship LV-117 at the Nantucket lightship position by RMS Olympic, a sister ship to RMS Titanic.[2] Seven of 11 crew aboard the lightship were killed. LV-112, the permanent replacement, was built to be indestructible, and outlasted all others, serving until 1983.[2]

She was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989. At that time the ship was primarily located in Maine, but touring along the New England Coast. An organization[clarification needed] was seeking a permanent home for her in Portland, Maine.[2]

She later was planned to be located permanently in Staten Island, New York but sojourned for several years at Oyster Bay, New York. Some controversy has arisen over damage to wharves and unsightliness at Oyster Bay; other locals have wanted her retained there.[4][5][6]

She was purchased in October 2009 by the United States Lightship Museum (USLM) under the leadership of Robert Mannino, Jr. for $1 and arrived under tow in Boston Harbor on 11 May 2010.[7] She will be restored in two phases over the next several years, a job that will cost $1 million.[8]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d e Delgado, James P. (30 June 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination / Lightship No. 112, "Nantucket"" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved October 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
    "Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 1989 and c.1930" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved October 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ "Lightship NO. 112 (Nantucket)". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
  4. ^ Karppi, Dagmar Fors (10 March 2006). "Lightship Nantucket Told to Leave". Oyster Bay Enterprise-Pilot. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  5. ^ "Long Island/Oyster Bay; Mutiny in the Harbor: One Ship Too Many". The New York Times. 4 June 2006. {{cite news}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  6. ^ "Supervisor may want to keep lightship afloat". New York Newsday. 10 January 2007.
  7. ^ Schworm, Peter (12 May 2010). "Oldest US lightship comes home to Boston". The Boston Globe. Boston. pp. B1, B6.
  8. ^ Lupkin, Sydney (22 August 2010). "Historic Nantucket Lightship beams". The Boston Globe. Boston. p. B5.(subscription required)

Additional reading

  • United States Coast Guard, Aids to Navigation, (Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945).
  • Price, Scott T. "U. S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation: A Historical Bibliography". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  • Putnam, George R., Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States, (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1933).
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