Lightvessel
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Breeveertien
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Noord-hinder
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Trinity House LV13
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Lightship Relandergrund (now serving as a coffee bar) in Helsinki, Finland
U.S. Lightships
[edit]Operated under the U.S. Lighthouse Service, later under the U.S. Coast Guard. Ships were identified by Light Vessel (number); for example, L.V. No. 2, LV-117. The ships station (Buffalo, Nantucket Shoals) was painted on the side of the ships with extra ships serving temporary duty painted Relief. Some ships served multiple stations in their career so the name on the ship would change while the LV number remained constant.
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Ambrose (museum ship in New York City)
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Light Vessel No.1 Frying Pan
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Hen and Chickens L.V. No.2
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Shovelful Shoal L.V. No. 3
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Columbia
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Relief
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Frying Pan
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Huron (museum ship in Port Huron, Michigan)
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Buffalo (sank in Great Storm of 1913)
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Cross Rip
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Chesapeake (museum ship in Baltimore)
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Sandy Hook
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Nantucket Shoals
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Nantucket New South Shoal
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LV -117 Nantucket (sunk in 1934 by ocean liner RMS Olympic)
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Nantucket LV-112