United States lightship Nantucket (LV-112)
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United States lightship Nantucket (LV-112) is a National Historic Landmark lightship that served at the Lightship Nantucket position. She was the last serving lightship and at time of its application as a landmark, one of only two capable of moving under their own power.[1] She served as the lightship for such notable vessels as the liners United States, Queen Mary, and Normandie.[4]
Nantucket docked in Boston Harbor in 2018. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Operator |
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Builder | Pusey and Jones |
Cost | $300,956 |
Yard number | 431 |
Laid down | 17 July 1935 |
Launched | 21 March 1936 |
Completed | 9 May 1936 (delivery) |
In service | 1936 |
Out of service | 1983 |
Honors and awards | Declared National Historic Landmark in 1989 |
Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Type | Lightvessel |
Displacement | 1,050 tons |
Length |
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Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Draft | 16 ft 3 in (4.95 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Armament | 1 3-inch (76 mm) gun (1942–1945) |
Lightship No. 112, Nantucket | |
Location | East Boston, Massachusetts |
Coordinates | 42°21′40″N 71°02′07″W |
Built | 1936[1] |
Architect | Pusey and Jones |
NRHP reference No. | 89002464[2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 20 December 1989 |
Designated NHL | 20 December 1989[3] |
The ship was officially designated Light Vessel No. 112 or LV-112 to permanently identify the vessel as the practice was to paint the name of the marked hazard or station on the vessels that often occupied multiple stations.[5] LV-112 was built to replace LV-117 which had been sunk in a collision while assigned to Nantucket Shoals with special safety features and was the largest light vessel ever built. The vessel was somewhat unusual in being only at the Nantucket station except for the war years of 1942-1945 and 1958-1960 when assigned as the relief vessel for the 1st District during which several stations were occupied relieving other vessels.[6]