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Five Fathom Bank Lightship Station History
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1837-1972
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Location & historical notes: New Jersey, off the south end of Five Fathom Bank, 14.7 miles and 100 degrees from the Cape May Lighthouse. The station was ultimately replaced by a lighted horn buoy.
Lightships assigned:
1837-1839: report in the 1837 Coast Pilot of a decaying and leaking "lightboat" on station
1839-1869: LV-18
1869-1876: LV-37
1877-1904: LV-40
1904-1924: LV-79 / WAL-506
1924-1942 LV-108 / WAL-530
1942-1945: marked by a buoy during World War II
1945-1970: LV-108 / WAL-530
1970-1971: LV-110 / WAL-532
1971-1972: WLV-189
Memories from Joseph Verba (LV 108 / 1947 to 1949)
Five Fathom Bank Subsurface
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