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Ship
data
| Length
o.a.: 132.4 feet (40,35 m) |
| Beam:
30 feet (9,15 m) |
| Draft:
14.7 feet (4,50 m) |
| Displacement:
775 t |
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Builder: Bath
Iron Works, Bath (ME)
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Year of construction:
1926
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Contact price:
219,883 $ (Construction cost paid by Standard Oil as reparation
for sinking of LV 51 in 1919)
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| Material:
steel hull, steel pilot house and deck houses, 2 masts with lantern
galleries; smokestack amidships |
| Sister
vessels: LV 106, LV 107, LV 108, LV 109, LV 110 |
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| Engine:
8 cylinder full-diesel, direct reversing, 450 IHP; 4 bladed propeller
(first U.S. lightship built with full-diesel propulsion) |
| Speed:
9 knots |
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Illumination:
375mm electric lens lantern at each masthead
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| Fog
signal: 6" air siren with 4-way multiple horns, submarine bell,
hand operated bell |
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| Radio
and visual call sign: NMGY (1940-1963) |
History
| 20.12.1926 |
lightship
completed |
| 06.01.1927
until 31.08.1932 |
placed on
Northeast End (NJ), remained there until station discontinued
August 31st, 1932
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| 1932-1935 |
Station Ambrose
Channel (NY)
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| 17.09.1935 |
Collision
with the liner SS Santa Barbara |
| 1935-1952 |
Station
Ambrose Channel (NY) |
| 1952-1969 |
Station Portland (ME)
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| 11.07.1969 |
decommissioned
Following
to US reports it was sold to a private owner than and sold to
be scrapped in 1984.
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| 1969-1973 |
According
to new informations it was sold to Uruguay in 1969 and used at the
R.O.U. BANCO INGLES station until it stranded in 1973 and was scrapped
then. Does anyone of you know more details? |
| 1973 |
In a heavy
storm the anchor chain broke and the lightship stranded near Montevideo.
Later it was scrapped. The only two things left are the fog signal
bell, which is reported to be on display at the Faro (lighthouse)
José Ignacio today and a plate with the inscription "Lightship
No. 111, Hull built by Bath Iron Works - 1924 -, Machinery installed
by U.S. Lighthouse Service, Third District - 1926 -, which can
be seen in the Maritime Museum in Montevideo.
If anyone
knows other interesting detials, I would be grateful for an e-mail.
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