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& Friends Association, Inc. 

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 and River Lighthouses, Lightships and their Keepers."

 

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Northeast End Lightship

Delaware Bay, NJ

 

The Northeast End Lightship was built in 1882 by Pussey & Jones in Wilmington, Delaware. She was the first iron lightship built in the United States. The Northeast End vessel was described as: schooner rigged: cagework day-mark surmounted by ball at fore-masthead. Two foremast, red, and one on the mainmast, white, at half-mast high, and lower than red light: (visible) 11 1/2 miles and 10 miles respectively. The fog signal is a 12 inch steam whistle: blasts, 4 seconds: alternate silent intervals, 5 and 107 seconds.

Number 44 was stationed on the northeast end of Five Fathom Bank from 1882-1926. She was then transferred to Cornfield Point, Connecticut where she served until 1938. A hurricane in 1938 almost destroyed her. She was damaged so badly that it was uneconomical to repair her and she was sold for scrap.

In 1926, #44 was relieved by Lightship #79 (#79 went on to become the Barnegat Lightship from 1945-1967). Lightship #111/WAL #533 took over the station in 1927 and remained until the station was discontinued in 1932. (LV #111 went on to become the Ambrose Lightship from 1932-1952).

 

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