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| Album name: | mitko / Mid Atlantic coast of US |
| Rating (2 votes): |   (Show details) |
| Current status (active, not active, museum etc): | Platform: active LV116:Decommissioned Aug 25 1970 transferred to National Park Service Aug 25, 1971 and on display at Hams Point, Washington DC until 1980; moved in 1982 to Baltimore Harbor, Constellation Dock; afloat and open to public, marked CHESAPEAKE |
| Construction details (year of built, shape etc): | LV116: YEAR BUILT: 1930 LENGTH: 133'3" (loa); BEAM: 30'0"; DRAFT: 13'0"; TONNAGE: 630 t |
Focal plane elevation above sea level, m: | J1403: 35 |
| Light Description (light sectors, colour of the light, number of flashes etc): | J1403: Group flashing, 2 flashes, fl. 0.1s, ecl 2.9s, white |
| Range, nm: | J1403: 19 nm |
| Any other comments: | LV116: 1942-1945 during WWII, withdrawn from Chesapeake station, assigned to 1st District based at Sandwich (MA) and used as examination vessel off northern entrance to Cape Cod Canal; armed with two .30 caliber Lewis machine guns as of March, 1943 |
| Coordinates (in any format): | 1930-1933: Fenwick Island Shoal (DE) 1933-1942: Chesapeake (VA) 1942-1945: Examination Vessel, WWII 1945-1965: Chesapeake (VA) 1965-1970: Delaware (DE), J1403: 36 54.2780 N 75 42.7631 W |
| Displayed: | 170 times |
| Date added: | May 05, 2012 |
| Keywords: | United States / Lightship / Historic / Virginia / Offshore / Aerial |
| Download Picture: | For registered users only |
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Search![United States Lightvessel 116 (LV 116)
Photo from [url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblightships/LightshipIndex.asp]US Coast Guard site[/url]
Replacement of lightship - Chesapeake Ligth Platform, Tower. Visually conspicuous. Bu. Racon(N).[0.03-X]. Horn(1)30.00s. Operates continuously.
Keywords: United States;Lightship;Historic;Virginia;Offshore;Aerial](albums/userpics/10001/LV116.jpg "United States Lightvessel 116 (LV 116)
Photo from [url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblightships/LightshipIndex.asp]US Coast Guard site[/url]
Replacement of lightship - Chesapeake Ligth Platform, Tower. Visually conspicuous. Bu. Racon(N).[0.03-X]. Horn(1)30.00s. Operates continuously.
Keywords: United States;Lightship;Historic;Virginia;Offshore;Aerial")
Also seen Chesapeake Light Platform, position 14 miles out of Cape Henry-Virginia.
Built in 1965, Active, also used by NASA as a meteorological Research Station.
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