United States lightship LV-117
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| Name: | Nantucket Lightship LV117 |
| Operator: | United States Lighthouse Service |
| Builder: | Charleston Drydock & Machine Co |
| Cost: |
$274,434 ($NaN in modern dollars) |
| Launched: | 1931 |
| Out of service: | 1934 |
| Fate: | Sunk in collision |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Lightvessel |
| Length: | 135 feet 3 inches (41.22 m) |
| Beam: | 30 feet 0 inches (9.14 m) |
| Draft: | 13 feet 0 inches (3.96 m) |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
The Nantucket Lightship LV-117 was a lightvessel of the United States Lighthouse Service, operating off of Nantucket Shoals. She was operated for only three years, from 1931 to 1934, before she was sunk in a collision with the RMS Olympic, the sister-ship of the RMS Titanic. Seven of the eleven crew members on board at the time of the sinking were killed.
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