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The location of the Nantucket Shoals lightship station at the southern edge of the shoals. The station named Nantucket or Nantucket Shoals was served by a number of lightvessels (also termed lightships) that marked the hazardous Nantucket Shoals south of Nantucket Island.
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. [2]
The Nantucket Lightship or United States Lightship WLV-612 (Nantucket I) is a lightvessel commissioned in 1950 that became the last lightship decommissioned in United States Coast Guard service. History
Nantucket Lightship was an important aid for vessels making transatlantic crossings and was seen by passengers approaching the coast of the United States long before they saw the Statue of Liberty.
Lightship Nantucket I WLV-612 Lighthouse. Lightship WLV-612 was built at Curtis Bay, Maryland in 1950 at a cost of $500,000, and when it was commissioned on September 18 of that year, she had SAN FRANCISCO emblazoned on her sides.
Learn about the history and service of the US Lightship Service and its largest and most famous vessel, Nantucket Lightship/LV-112, a National Historic Landmark. Visit the floating museum in Boston and explore exhibits, programs and maritime education.
F or 39 years, Nantucket Lightship / LV-112 guided transoceanic shipping to and from U.S. east coast ports, through some of the most treacherous shipping lanes in the world.
