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Album name: | mitko / US - California and Hawaii |
Current status (active, not active, museum etc): | RETIRED FROM LIGHTSHIP DUTY: 1983; Decommissioned Mar 29, 1985; Converted to a yacht with her exterior remaining configured as a lightship. Still in Boston and is up for sale for $7 million dollars (mid-2006). |
Construction details (year of built, shape etc): | YEAR BUILT: 1950; LENGTH: 128'0" (loa); BEAM: 30'0"; DRAFT: 11'0" TONNAGE: 617 displ |
Any other comments: | WLV 612 (Nantucket I) was the last US lightship in commission |
Coordinates (in any format): | 1951-1969: San Francisco (CA) 1969-1971: Blunts Reef (CA) 1971-1975: Portland (ME) 1975-1983: Nantucket Shoals (MA) |
Displayed: | 261 times |
Date added: | May 05, 2012 |
Keywords: | United States / Lightship / Historic / Massachusetts / Boston / San Francisco / California |
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