North Carolina Shipwrecks

"The Blue Book says we've got to go out and it doesn't say a damn thing about having to come back." --Captain Patrick Etheridge, USLSS

Showing posts with label Lightship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lightship. Show all posts
Saturday, April 21, 2012

Diamond Shoal Lightship 69 ~ 17 August 1899

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Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900: Parted moorings ...

Diamond Shoal Lightship (LV-71) ~ 6 August 1918

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The LV-71 was built in Bath, ME in 1897 for the U.S. Lighthouse Service and for 20 years served as a floating lighthouse and aid to navi...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Hatteras Lightship ~ August 1827

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Lightships anchored at the tip of Diamond Shoals have had a stormy history since their beginning. Floating tubs with thick hulls, they are ...
Monday, March 28, 2011

SAN CIRIACO HURRICANE ~ August 1899

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The strongest hurricane to hit North Carolina during the official record was the San Ciriaco Hurricane of 1899, which struck the state wi...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

World War I

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The United States declared war on Germany April 6, 1917. The Germans had already demonstrated that their submarines were capable of making ...
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