United States lightship LV-117 (original) (raw)

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41148.0

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LV-117 was a lightvessel of the United States Lighthouse Service. Launched in 1931, she operated as the Nantucket lightship south of Nantucket Shoals. Moored south of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, the lightship was at the western part of the transatlantic shipping lane and the first lightship encountered by westbound liners approaching New York Harbor. On May 15, 1934, one of these liners, RMS Olympic, rammed and sank LV-117, killing seven of her crew. (en)

dbo:acquirementDate

1930-09-13 (xsd:date)

dbo:builder

dbr:Charleston_Dry_Dock_&_Machine_Company

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274434.0

dbo:layingDown

1929-05-01 (xsd:date)

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41.148000 (xsd:double)

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dbr:United_States_Lighthouse_Service

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9.144000 (xsd:double)

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3.962400 (xsd:double)

dbo:shipLaunch

1930-03-14 (xsd:date)

dbo:status

Sunk after collision with theRMS Olympic15 May 1934

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wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/United_States_lightship_LV-117.jpg?width=300

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18.520000 (xsd:double)

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dbr:Lightvessel

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1930-09-13 (xsd:date)

dbp:shipArmament

Warning devices included: a electric lens lantern at each masthead, Electric diaphragm horn mounted on the mainmast and hand-rung fog warning bell. Equipped with submarine oscillator when built. (en)

dbp:shipBuilder

dbr:Charleston_Dry_Dock_&_Machine_Company

dbp:shipComplement

11 (xsd:integer)

dbp:shipCountry

United States (en)

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630 (xsd:integer)

dbp:shipFate

0001-05-15 (xsd:gMonthDay)

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1929-05-01 (xsd:date)

dbp:shipLaunched

1930-03-14 (xsd:date)

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Nantucket Lightship LV117 (en)

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dbr:United_States_Lighthouse_Service

dbp:shipOriginalCost

* $274,434 * (en)

dbp:shipOutOfService

1934 (xsd:integer)

dbp:shipPropulsion

Diesel-electric – One 350 HP electric motor driven by any or all of four 75 KW diesel engine/generator units (en)

dbp:shipSpeed

@ 300 RPM; max speed , average . (en)

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dbr:Lightvessel

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LV-117 was a lightvessel of the United States Lighthouse Service. Launched in 1931, she operated as the Nantucket lightship south of Nantucket Shoals. Moored south of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, the lightship was at the western part of the transatlantic shipping lane and the first lightship encountered by westbound liners approaching New York Harbor. On May 15, 1934, one of these liners, RMS Olympic, rammed and sank LV-117, killing seven of her crew. (en)

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