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Light Vessel 101 on it trial trip, August 22, 1916.
Photo courtesy of the USCG Historian’s Office.
See another photo from the same trip at
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/Lightship_Index.html |
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WAL 524 as the STONEHORSE when it was stationed at Stonehorse Shoals
in the Nantucket Sound.
Photo courtesy of the USCG Historian’s Office. |
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Top view of WAL 524’s bow, circa 1960.
Lightship PORTSMOUTH’s Photo Collection. |
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Top view of WAL 524’s stern, circa 1960.
Lightship PORTSMOUTH’s Photo Collection. |
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WAL 525 (foreground) and WAL 524 (background) in storage at
Portland, Maine, 1964.
Lightship PORTSMOUTH’s Photo Collection. |
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From WAL 524, looking fore to WAL 525's stern in storage at
Portland, Maine, 1964.
Lightship PORTSMOUTH’s Photo Collection. |
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WAL 524’s Mess Deck, circa 1964.
Lightship PORTSMOUTH’s Photo Collection. |
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WAL 524 (formerly) being towed to Portsmouth, Virginia by the
fishing trawler Anthony Anne.
Photo courtesy of the Portland Press Herald. |
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WAL 524 (formerly) being prepared for its berthing at London slip in
Portsmouth, Virginia. This slip had been used in conjunction with
warehouses owned and operated by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.
Photo courtesy of the Virginian Pilot.
Learn more the Seaboard line at
http://www.aclsal.org/.
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The lightship formerly known officially as LV 101/WAL 524 now
becomes the PORTSMOUTH, as the City of Portsmouth continues the long
held tradition of naming a lightship for the locale of its station.
Photo courtesy of the Virginian Pilot. |
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The PORTSMOUTH at Christmas time, circa 1980’s.
Lightship PORTSMOUTH’s Photo Collection. |
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