Talk:United States lightship Nantucket (LV-112)

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Unlike other NYS NHL articles, this article lacks NHL designation date, and a link to National Park Service summary on the ship, which would give that NHL designation date. Perhaps that summary page is being edited by NPS, as the ship is moving from Oyster Bay to Staten Island? doncram 01:16, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I found the NPS summary page. It locates the ship as being in Bridgeport Connecticut, which I think is wrong. Was that where the ship was located when it received NHL designation? doncram 01:49, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Location

I found the ship located off Goat Island, Newport, Rhode Island in November, 2009 . Ekem (talk) 01:56, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

For the record, this must be the other Nantucket. LV-112 was in Oyster Bay in 2009 and came directly from there to Boston. Since her propulsion machinery did not (and does not) work, moving her required towing. . . Jim - Jameslwoodward (talk to me • contribs) 14:53, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Connecticut

According to [1] she was nominated for the NHL while in CT? . . Jim - Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 13:15, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Why WikiProject New York?

LV-112 never served in New York waters. While she was stored there for years, she was never really a significant presence there. So why is she listed as part of WP NY? . . Jim - Jameslwoodward (talk to me • contribs) 14:53, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Nantucket is the station name, not the vessel's name.

The article title is misleading and not accurate. The stations were named, the vessels had numbers. A vessel got the station name painted on the side for quick identification of the hazard or place marked by mariners. In most cases many vessels served a station and had the big station name painted on their hulls. A few vessels served very long terms on a station. In no case was the vessel name changed. As with other cases where vessels only had numbers, many Navy harbor service craft for example, the number is the name and is italicized. LV=112 was only one of a number of vessels serving and marked Nantucket. That vessel was preceded by United States lightship LV-117 and succeed by United States lightship (WLV-612). That vessel is also preserved. Palmeira (talk) 17:16, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Clarification added that the "name" painted on light vessels is for station with a numeric vessel identification with vessels usually occupying several stations over life span. LV-112 is somewhat unusual in that the vessel was specifically built to replace the rammed and sunk LV-117 which occupied Nantucket when sunk. The vessel's cost was borne by payment from the British and the design and construction were explicitly for the exposed Nantucket station. This vessel occupied Nantucket except for the war years (when lights were turned off and ships were removed from station) and several years as the 1st District relief vessel during which a major overhaul and modernization was done in 1960 before resuming the Nantucket station. Of the light vessels this appears to be the only one designed with a specific station planned and not with appropriated funds. Thus of all the light vessels LV-112 is unique and the station name equivalency with a name most justified. As an example, LV-112 was replaced on station by [[United States lightship Nantucket (WLV-612)|WLV-612 which served on several West Coast stations from 1951 until brought to the East Coast to replace LV-112 at Nantucket in 1975. WLV-612 was a general design and only served at Nantucket for a portion of the years in service, the first being the San Francisco vessel 1951-1969. Palmeira (talk) 16:34, 26 December 2020 (UTC)