Scotch Cap Light

Scotch Cap Light

Infobox Lighthouse


caption =
location = Unimak Island, Alaska
coordinates =
yearbuilt = 1903
yearlit =
automated = 1971
yeardeactivated =
foundation =
construction =
shape =
height =
currentlens =
lens = Third order Fresnel lens
range =
characteristic = White flash every 6 s
admiralty = G6912
ARLHS = ALK-016
USCG = 6-1220The Scotch Cap Light is a lighthouse located on the southwest corner of Unimak Island in Alaska. It was the first station established on the outside coast of Alaska.

History

The Scotch Cap Light was built in 1903. The [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/scotchcap1903.jpgoriginal lighthouse] was a 45 foot wood tower on an octagonal wood building. According to the [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/LHAK.html Coast Guard Historians Office] , the lighthouse was witness to several ship wrecks. In 1909, the cannery supply ship "Columbia" wrecked. The 194 crew members were guests of the keepers for two weeks before a rescue ship could remove them. In 1930, the Japanese freighter "Koshun Maru" became lost in a snowstorm and beached near the light. In 1942, the Russian freighter "Turksib" wrecked near the station. The 60 survivors lived at the station for several weeks because rough seas prevented a rescue ship from reaching the station.

In 1940, a new [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/scotchcap1940.jpgconcrete reinforced lighthouse and fog-signal building] was erected near the site of the original lighthouse. In 1945 Anthony Petit was assigned the lighthouse keeper to the Scotch Cap Light as the head of a five-man crew. All of the men were killed on April 1, 1946 when a massive tsunami struck the station, destroying it. The United States Coast Guard has named a buoy tender USCGC "Anthony Petit" based in Ketchikan, Alaska in his honor.

A temporary unwatched light was established in 1946. The new [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/scotchcap1950.jpgpermanent structure] was completed in the early 1950's and the temporary light was discontinued. The lighthouse was automated in 1971. A skeletal tower replaced the 1950 structure and the fog signal was discontinued.

Gallery

External links

* [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-a/awl/bclass/wlm/bmc.htm Anthony Petit biography]
* [http://www.kbsb.com/uscg/default.htm A Land-Locked Coastie — Scotch Cap Light Station]
* [http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHAK.asp United States Coast Guard Lighthouses of Alaska]
* [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/ak.htm Lighthouse Digest — Alaska]


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