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justaprogressive

(2,579 posts) Tue Dec 12, 2023, 10:12 AM Dec 2023

Old Nantucket Light-Ship

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Old Nantucket Light-Ship (Original Post) justaprogressive Dec 2023 OP

Interesting photo, my dear justaprogressive! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #1

The Light ships were justaprogressive Dec 2023 #2

That is truly amazing and noteworthy! Thanks for telling me this story. It's very cool! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #3

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,477 posts)

1. Interesting photo, my dear justaprogressive!

Reply to justaprogressive (Original post)

Tue Dec 12, 2023, 10:23 AM

Dec 2023

A ship with a lighthouse on top. You can move it around to where it's most needed.

Cool!

justaprogressive

(2,579 posts)

2. The Light ships were

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 12, 2023, 10:39 AM

Dec 2023

retired quite awhile ago, This one used to mark shoals off of Nantucket (island 20 miles off the southern
shore of the Cape)....Nantucket used to be a major whaling port..

i actually saw this ship in a movie recently...so while it WAS in Onset in 2008 (photo)
it was in Boston in 2012! (Movie was "The Heat" Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy)

History:

https://seahistory.org/museums-sites/us-lightship-museum/

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,477 posts)

3. That is truly amazing and noteworthy! Thanks for telling me this story. It's very cool!

Reply to justaprogressive (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 12, 2023, 10:43 AM

Dec 2023

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