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Lightships Seized, Torpedoed, or Sunk...
by Marty Krzywicki (Co-founder of the LSA)
York Spit Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy
Wolf Trap Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy
Windmill Point Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy
Smith's Point Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy
Lower Cedar Point Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy
Upper Cedar Point Lightship; April 1861; Seized by Confederacy
Bowler's Rock Lightship; 1861; Seized by Confederacy
Harbor Island Lightship; 1861; Seized by Confederacy
Rattlesnake Shoal Lightship; 1861; Seized by Confederacy
Horse Shoe Shoals Lightship 1862; Captured by Confederacy
Combahee Bank; Lightship 1863; Captured by Confederacy
LV-37; 24 August 1893; Sunk
LV-58; 11 December 1905; Foundered during tow
LV-6; 6 February 1918; Sunk by moving ice
LV-71; 6 August 1918; Sunk by U-boat gunfire
LV-51; 24 April 1919; Collided/Sunk
LV-117; 15 May 1934; Collided/Sunk
LV-105; 20 July 1944; Collided/Sunk
LV-73; 14 September 1944; Foundered in a storm
LV 78; 24 June 1960 Collided/Sunk
NOTE: From 1800 until 1989 there were 123 Ships lost. Of that number 20 Lightships were either seized, and or sunk.
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