Lightship Ambrose

Lightship "Ambrose" was the name of the lightship serving as the sentinel beacon marking Ambrose Channel, the main shipping channel for New York Harbor, from 1823 until the station was replaced by Ambrose Light, a Texas Tower, in 1967. Between 1823 and 1967, several ships were commissioned Lightship Ambrose and served at the station.

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"Ambrose" (LV 86)

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designated = April 11, 1989
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"Ambrose" (LV87)

The Lightship Ambrose (LV87), built 1908, served her station until 1933 when she was reassigned to serve as the Lightship Scotland, a station much closer to Sandy Hook, New Jersey. She moved around to various stations, but has kept the name of her most famous station, Ambrose. In 1964, she was retired from the Coast Guard.

In 1968, she was given to the South Street Seaport Museum in Lower Manhattan, and moored at Pier 16 on the East River. [cite web|url= http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/nhl/ltship87.htm |title= Lightship No. 87 "Ambrose" National Historic Landmark Study |accessdate= 2008-10-08] In 1989, the lightship was declared a National Historic Landmark.cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=1878&resourceType=Structure |title=LIGHTSHIP NO. 87 "AMBROSE"|date=2007-09-14|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service] citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/84002758.pdf National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lightship No. 87 "Ambrose"] |651 KiB |author=Kevin Foster|date=August 5, 1988 |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/84002758.pdf "Accompanying 5 photos, exterior and interior, from 1908-1988"] |540 KiB ] LV 87 is scheduled to undergo further restoration in 2007.

"Ambrose" (WLV 613)

In 1952, the Lightship Ambrose (WLV 613) was commissioned and became the last lightship to mark the Ambrose Channel when she was replaced by a Texas Tower lightstation on August 24, 1967. She was reassigned as a relief ship on the Massachusetts coastline from 1967–75. And finally, after being renamed Nantucket II, she was reassigned to Nantucket Shoals, where she alternated with her sister ship, the Lightship Nantucket (WLV 612), relieving each other approximately every 21 days, until 1983. This vessel is now a museum ship in Boston Harbor.

External links

* [http://www.southstseaport.org/street/ambrose.shtm South Street Seaport Museum] - Current location of the Lightship Ambrose (LV87)
* [http://mondomap.com/mondo/index.cfm?vid=26042&bid=166 South Street Seaport Interactive Map]
* [http://www.nightbeacon.com/zlightships/LV87_(Ambrose)_Lightship.htm Ambrose Lightship at Nightbeacon.com]
* [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/LightshipIndex.html U.S. Coast Guard] - Information on lightships
* [http://www.harbourlightsarchives.com/lightships/ls_ambrose.htm Last of the Lightships: Ambrose]
* [http://brianfloca.com/Lightship.html Info and reviews of book "Lightship" featuring AMBROSE]

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