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Brenton
Beef Lightship LV-39
Location: Entrance
to East Passage of Narragansett Bay
 1897 - 1935 Lat 41
25 54 N - Long 72 22 36 W
Year Built: 1875
Design: Wood-white oak and locust; copper and
galvanized iron fastened; 2 masts, daymarks on both; smokestack
forward of mainmast; 2 auxiliary steam boilers, steam pump and
steam fog signal.
Length: 119'6" (lbp); Beam:
22`9"; Draft: 12'6";
Tonnage: 387 gross
Illuminating Apparatus:
2 lanterns, each with 8 Eight Argand Lamps with reflectors
Propulsion: Sail-sloop rig; fore and main carried
on Spencer masts
Years on Station:
1897 - 1935
Status: Sank in 1975 while being towed to a shipyard
in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Light Characteristic:
1897 - 1921 Fixed White;
 1921 - 1935 Occulting White every 4 seconds
Range: 1897 - 1921 11.5 miles
 1921 - 1935 12
miles
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