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  2. Lightship Nantucket - Wikipedia

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    In 1975 Lightship Ambrose, the Nantucket's sister ship, was renamed Lightship Nantucket II and the two ships spelled one another, relieving each other approximately every 21 days. At 2:30 a.m. on 20 December 1983 the Lightship 613 relieved Lightship 612 until 8:00 a.m. when she was relieved by a Large Navigational Buoy , making Lightship 613 ...

  3. United States lightship Nantucket (WLV-612) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. List of lightships of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Lightships remained in service in the United States until March 29, 1985, when the last ship, the Nantucket I, was decommissioned. [2] During that period, lightships were operated by several branches of the government: by the Lighthouse Establishment from 1820 to 1852, the Lighthouse Board from 1852 to 1910, the Lighthouse Service from 1910 to ...

  5. How to Spend a Perfect Weekend in Nantucket - AOL

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    Nantucket is an amazing island if you like to bike,” Gailliot says. "You can spend 48 hours on Nantucket without ever having to rent a car. The town spent the last decade on bike paths that ...

  6. United States lightship Nantucket (LV-112) - Wikipedia

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    Light Vessel 117, serving at the Lightship Nantucket position from 1931, was rammed and sunk on 15 May 1934 by Olympic, a sister ship to Titanic, with loss of seven of the eleven crew aboard. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] The $300,956 cost of the replacement vessel, to be designated LV-112 , was paid for by the British Government in compensation for the ...

  7. Biden family heads to Nantucket for final Thanksgiving of ...

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    His philanthropy has been spread across Washington — with Rubenstein ponying up $7.5 million to repair the Washington Monument in 2012 following an earthquake, giving $50 million next year to ...

  8. United States lightship (WLV-613) - Wikipedia

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    After being assigned in 1979 to Nantucket Shoals the lightship alternated with her sister ship, the Lightship WLV-612, relieving each other approximately every 21 days as the Nantucket lightship. The WLV-613 was also the last lightship to mark the Nantucket channel on 20 December 1983. She was decommissioned and retired in 1983.

  9. Liberal Nantucket reels from migrant crime wave as Biden ...

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    President Biden, first lady Jill Biden and Ashley Biden leave Nantucket Bookworks after having lunch in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Nov. 25, 2022. Biden is spending the Thanksgiving holiday with ...