LV 87/WAL 512

lightship AMBROSE

- active lightship from 1907 until 1966 -



Ship data

Length o.a.: 135,5 feet (41,30 m)

Length: 122 feet (37,20 m)
Beam: 29 feet (8,80 m)
Draft: 12,9 feet (3,90 m)
Displacement: 683 t
 

Builder: New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, New Jersey, USA

Year of construction: 1907

Contact price: 99,000 $

Material: Steam screw; steel hull, wood pilothouse and deckhouses; 2 steel masts, wood spencer on main only; smokestack amidships
Sister vessels: LV 84, LV 85, LV 86, LV 88
 

Latern: Cluster of 3 oil lens lanterns raised to each masthead

 


History:

1908-1932 Station Ambrose Channel

1932-1936 Station Relief

1936-1942 Station Scotland

1942-1944 Examination vessel, stationed at Fort Hancock

1944-1947 Station Vineyard Sound

1947-1962 Station Scotland

04.03.1966 decommission

Since 04.08.1968 museum vessel in the South Street Seaport Museum in New York, open to the public


Opening hours:
April - September 10 am -6 pm
Oktober - März 10 am - 5 pm, Tuesday closed

Entrance fees:
5$

Visitor address:
South Street Seaport Museum
207 Front Street
New York NY 10038
U.S.A

Link to the museum:
http://www.southstseaport.org

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