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Photo Credit:
Lighthouse Establishment from USCG Historian's Office
Type of Vessel:
LV Name/Number:
LV-51
Year Built:
1892
Year Retired:
1919
Existing:
No
Station Assignments
LV Station Name:
Cornfield Point
Year Started:
1892
Year Ended:
1894
LV Station Name:
Sandy Hook
Year Started:
1894
Year Ended:
1908
LV Station Name:
Relief (3rd Dist.)
Year Started:
1908
Year Ended:
1919
Remarks
Sunk on April 24, 1919, while stationed on Cornfield Point station. The lightship was struck by a Standard Oil Company barge being pulled by a tug. The lightship sunk in about eight minutes, but there were no lives lost.
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Entered Date:
Aug 10, 2017