Relief Lightship LV-78

U.S. Coast Guard photo; Photo No. 3CGD-02125603

Location: Entrance to East Passage of Narragansett Bay
Location: 1905 l Lat 41 25 54 N - Long 71 22 36 W

Year Built: 1904

Design: Steam screw; steel hull; 2 steel masts with wood spencers; stack amidships; small wheelhouse
Design: ahead of foremast.

Illuminating Apparatus: Cluster of 3 oil lens lanterns raised to each masthead

Propulsion: Steam - one compound surface condensing engine, 16 and 31" bores x 24" stroke,
Propulsion: 325 IHP; two fire-tube boilers 9'3"dia x 16'4"long; propeller 7'9" dia;
Propulsion: max speed 10 knots; also rigged for sail

Years on Station: May 25, 1905 - July 5, 1905

Status: Sunk June 24, 1960, while relieving Ambrose Channel station; rammed and sunk on
Status: station by steamer GREEN BAY.

Light Characteristic: 1905 Fixed White

Range: 1905 12.5 miles

Location:

Entrance to East Passage of Narragansett Bay

1905 Lat 41 25 54 N - Long 71 22 36 W

Year Built:

1904

Design:

Steam screw; steel hull; 2 steel masts with wood spencers; stack amidships; small wheelhouse ahead of foremast.

Ship's Dimensions:

Length: 129'0" (loa); Beam: 28'6"; Draft: 12'6"; Tonnage: 668 Dispalcement

Illuminating Apparatus:

Cluster of 3 oil lens lanterns raised to each masthead

Propulsion:

Steam - one compound surface condensing engine, 16 and 31" bores x 24" stroke, 325 IHP; two fire-tube boilers 9'3"dia x 16'4"long; propeller 7'9" dia; max speed 10 knots; also rigged for sail

Years on Station:

May 25, 1905 - July 5, 1905

Status:

Sunk June 24, 1960, while relieving Ambrose Channel station; rammed and sunk on station by steamer GREEN BAY.

Light Characteristic:

1905 Fixed White

Range:

1905 12.5 miles

Rhode Island Lighthouses

Relief Lightship LV-78