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Exterior diagram of PocketShip. The first PocketShip hull was built by Geoff Kerr at Two Daughters Boatworks in Westford, Vermont. Commencing in mid-January 2008, it took Kerr 525 hours to complete the hull and spars. The hull was rigged at Chesapeake Light Craft in Annapolis, Maryland, and launched on May 10, 2008.
The following year it was inspected by the Coast Guard for possible dismantling, but the inspection showed the light to be sound. By this time, Chesapeake Light was the last remaining "Texas Tower" still in use as Frying Pan Shoals Light was deactivated in 2003. Chesapeake Light continued in service until early July 2016, when it stopped ...
Sold to private owner, operational and available for charter. She is the last lightship to be decommissioned by the coast guard. [67] Lightship WLV-613: 1952: 1983: Ambrose Channel (1952 – 1967) Relief (1967 – 1979) Nantucket Shoals (1979 – 1983) Sold to private owner. Located in Wareham and New Bedford, Massachusetts in the 2010s. [68]
List of United States Navy losses in World War II § District craft - abbreviated list; List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II § District craft - detailed list; List of unclassified miscellaneous vessels of the United States Navy; Glossary of watercraft types in service of the United States; Coaling (ships)
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Chesapeake left her station at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in September 1965 when she was replaced by a large, manned light tower similar to an oil rig. This station was helicopter accessible and was easier to maintain than a lightship. Eventually the light tower was fully automated. Eight lightships were built after Chesapeake.
Aerial view of the Newport News shipyard in 1994. Visible in the drydocks are USS Long Beach and USNS Gilliland. Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the sole designer, builder, and refueler of aircraft carriers and one of two providers of submarines for the United States Navy.
Whatever the case, Chesapeake sharpie skiffs were common, especially in the smaller sizes, because of their easy and cheap construction. Howard I. Chapelle , a naval architect and curator of maritime history, wrote several books on traditional work boats and boat building, some of which include sharpie design and construction.