A Model Of The Nantucket Lightship

ANONYMOUS; 20TH CENTURY

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A Model Of The Nantucket Lightship
Anonymous; 20th century
A very fine and well detailed model of the Nantucket Lightship with red topsides, black waterline and a rust bottom. The decks of the model are painted dark grey and are fitted with numerous details. The details include: mushroom anchor, bollards, bells, life rafts, ladders, running lights, deck railings, search lights, radar, ventilators, signal light towers, ship's wheel, engine telegraph, canopy frames, life boat and dory on davits, American flag and numerous other details. The model is displayed in a brass bound glass case with an inlaid mahogany base.
33 x 12 7/8 x 23 in.(83.7 x 32.7 x 58.4 cm.) cased dimensions.

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The Nantucket Lightship is one of the most famous of the lightships which marked the outer shoals of the East Coast of America. There were twelve Nantucket Lightships used during the period of 1854-1983. Of these lightships, the most ill-fated was the eighth, which suffered a broken anchor chain in a gale in 1933, almost run over by the liner S.S. WASHINGTON in 1934, and finally, rammed and sank by the R.M.S. OLYMPIC in 1934. The Nantucket Lightship was the last of the lightships taken out of service by the U.S. Coast Guard.