United States lightship Barnegat (LV-79)

The lightship Barnegat in Philadelphia
History
United StatesUnited States
Name: Barnegat
Operator: U.S. Coast Guard
Builder: New York Shipbuilding Company
Cost: $89,030
Launched: 1904
In service: 1904
Out of service: 1967
Fate: Moored at Pyne Poynt Marina in Camden, New Jersey
General characteristics
Displacement: 668 tons
Length: 129 ft (39 m)
Beam: 28.6 ft (8.7 m)
Draft: 12.6 ft (3.8 m)
Propulsion: Steam-one compound surface condensing engine, 16" and 31" bores x 24" stroke, 325 IEP; 2 boilers 9'3" dia x 164" long, 100 psi; propeller 79" dia; also rigged for sail initially
Speed: 10 knots (19 km/h)
Barnegat
Location North 7th Street, Camden, New Jersey
Coordinates 39°57′21″N 75°6′46″W / 39.95583°N 75.11278°W / 39.95583; -75.11278Coordinates: 39°57′21″N 75°6′46″W / 39.95583°N 75.11278°W / 39.95583; -75.11278
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built 1904
Architect New York Ship Building and Dry Dock Company
NRHP Reference # 79002317[1]
NJRHP # [2]
Added to NRHP 29 November 1979

The Barnegat LV-79/WAL-506, is located in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The lightship was built in 1904 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 29 November 1979.

History

The Barnegat was built in 1904 by the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden. The vessel served from 1904 to 1924 as the lightship for Five Fathom Bank, which is located 15 miles (24 km) from the Cape May Lighthouse.[3] The vessel was then used as a relief for the next two years. In 1927 the vessel was assigned to the Barnegat Lighthouse station. In 1942 the vessel was withdrawn from the Barnegat station to serve as an Examination vessel at Edgemoor, Delaware. The Barnegat would inspect all vessels entering the Delaware River until 1945.[3] The vessel returned to the Barnegat station, where it served until it was decommissioned on 3 March 1967. The Barnegat was then donated to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in Saint Michaels, Maryland. The museum was unable to keep up with the maintenance of the vessel and sold the vessel to the Heritage Ship Guild in 1970 to be displayed at Penn's Landing.[3]

The Barnegat is now docked at Pyne Poynt Marina in Camden awaiting maintenance and repair work.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Camden County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. 1 April 2010. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Lighthouse Friends Home Page Lightship LV 79/WAL 506, NJ". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 11 October 2010.


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