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

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

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

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

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

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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