Lightship Nantucket II WLV 613
by Constantine Gregory
Title
Lightship Nantucket II WLV 613
Artist
Constantine Gregory
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Lightship Nantucket II WLV 613, MA
The keel for WLV-613, the last lightship built in the United States, was laid on February 4th, 1952 at the U.S. Coast Guard yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland, and six months to the day later the vessel was formally launched. Following successful sea trials, the lightship was commissioned in September of that year and sailed to its first assignment at Ambrose Station, marking the entrance to New York Harbor.
After just a year of service, WLV-613 underwent a transformation that made it unique amongst U.S. lightships: it received a tripod foremast topped by a cylindrical, lighthouse-style lantern room housing a new multi-catoptric biform optical apparatus, manufactured by Chance Brothers Ltd. of Birmingham, England. Capable of producing a light with an intensity varying from 250,000 to 5 million candlepower in three steps, the beacon made WLV-613 the brightest of all American lightships.
Lightship Specifications
Builder: USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland.
Length: 128' 0"
Beam: 30'0"
Draft: 11'0"
Displacement: 617 Tons
Illumination Apparatus: Duplex 375mm electric lens lantern mounted above gallery on foremast; 15, 000cp each light
Propulsion: Detroit - Quad arrangement
Fog Signal: Twin F2T diaphones mounted aft of pilot house
Station Assignments
1952 – 1967: Ambrose Channel (NY)
1967 – 1979: Relief (MA)
1979 – 1983: Nantucket Shoals (MA)
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September 25th, 2014
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