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WLV-613 was berthed at the Wareham Shipyard along Main Street in Wareham, Massachusetts from about 1990 until she was moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts on December 1, 2014. The vessel (now painted as "NANTUCKET") is now privately owned by William B. Golden and Kristen Golden, owners of WLV-612 that also served as the Nantucket station
Likewise, with its last five-and-a-half hours of service, the WLV-613 was the last lightship on Nantucket Shoals and the last lightship in service in the United States. The WLV-613 is currently owned by William and Kristen Golden, who also own the WLV-612.
In 1975 until 1983, the WLV-612 was reassigned as the Lightship Nantucket at Nantucket Shoals, a dangerous shoal 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Nantucket Island. From 1979 to 1983 the WLV-612 and the United States Lightship WLV-613 alternated at Nantucket Shoals as the Nantucket I and the Nantucket II, relieving each other approximately every 21 ...
Lightship WLV-612: 1950: 1985: San Francisco (1951 – 1969) Blunts Reef (1969 – 1971) Portland (1971 – 1975) Nantucket Shoals (1975 – 1983) 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 ...
“You stay on site on Nantucket Island. You work for about two months. As a caddie, you learn the ins and outs of private club life, you learn how to mature as a young kid.
Nantucket. (LV-112) Nantucket docked in Boston Harbor in 2018. United States lightship Nantucket (LV-112) is a National Historic Landmark lightship that served at the Lightship Nantucket position. She was the last serving lightship and at time of its application as a landmark, one of only two capable of moving under their own power. [2]
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Built in 1950 and operated at various stations from 1951 to 1983, she was designated Nantucket I in 1979 and rotated at the Nantucket station with the Nantucket II until 1983. She was the last American lightship to be decommissioned in 1985. The lightship Nantucket II (WLV-613) is moored in New Bedford, Massachusetts.