Brenton Reef Lightship LV-102/WAL-525

 

 Brenton Reef Lightship LV-102/WAL-525
Courtesy of the National Archives 

 

 

 

 

 

Brenton Beef Lightship LV-102/WAL 525

 

Location: Entrance to East Passage of Narragansett Bay
1935 - 1942 --Lat 41 25 54 N - Long 72 22 36 W
1942 - 1962 --Lat 41 25 36 N - Long 72 22 36 W


Year Built: 1916


Design: Self propelled; steel whaleback hull; single large diameter -tubular lantern mast forward; steel pilothouse/bridge at -foot of mast; small jigger mast aft


Length: 119'10" (loa); Beam: 25'; Draft: 11'4"; Tonnage: 360 displacement


Illuminating Apparatus: 1935 - 1955 Fifth Order lens mounted in large cylindrical lantern; 1955 - 1962 Duplex 375 mm lens lantern


Propulsion: One 200 HP Mietz and Weiss 2 cycle direct reversing kerosene engine driving 4 bladed propeller; speed 8 knots


Years on Station: 1935 - 1962


Status: Decommissioned at Boston October 25, 1963.


Light Characteristic: 1935 - 1962 Occulting White every 4 seconds 3 seconds flash, 1 second eclipse


Range: 1935 -1946 13 miles
1946 -1962 12 miles