 Lightship Portsmouth (LV 101) | |
| History | |
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  United States | |
| Name |
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| Builder | Pusey & Jones |
| Laid down | 1915 |
| Launched | 12 January 1916[1] |
| Acquired | 2 September 1916 |
| Decommissioned | 23 March 1964 |
| In service | 1916 |
| Out of service | 1963 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Lightship |
| Displacement | 360 long tons (366 t) |
| Length | 101 ft 10 in (31.04 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 4 in (3.45 m) |
| Propulsion | Meitz & Weiss 4-cylinderkerosene engine, 200 hp (149 kW)1944: Cooper-Bessemer 315HP Six Cylinder Diesel |
| Speed | 8knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (4 Cylinder)8.2knots (15.2 km/h; 9.4 mph) (6 Cylinder) |
| Armament | None |
Lightship No. 101,Portsmouth | |
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| Location | Portsmouth, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 36°50′19″N76°17′55″W / 36.83861°N 76.29861°W /36.83861; -76.29861 |
| Built | 1916 |
| Architect | Pusey & Jones Lightship; US Lighthouse Establishment |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001080[2] |
| VLR No. | 124-0102 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | 5 May 1989 |
| Designated NHL | 5 May 1989[4] |
| Designated VLR | March 19, 1997[3] |
United States Lightship 101, known asPortsmouth (LV-101) as a museum ship, was first stationed atCape Charles, Virginia. Today she is at thePortsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum inPortsmouth, Virginia. Portsmouth never had a lightship station; however, when the vessel was dry docked there as a museum, she took on thepseudonymPortsmouth. ANational Historic Landmark, she is one of a small number of surviving lightships.[5]
LightshipPortsmouth (LV-101) was built in 1915 byPusey & Jones. She first served asCharles in theChesapeake Bay outsideCape Charles, Virginia from 1916 until 1924. After that assignmentPortsmouth served just over a year as the relief ship for other lightships in her district. She was then moved to Overfalls,Delaware, where she was stationed from 1926 to 1951 asOverfalls. In 1939 when theUnited States Lighthouse Service was absorbed into theUnited States Coast Guard she was reclassified WAL-524, but still kept a station name on her hull. DuringWorld War II the vessel was not armed, however many other lightships were. In 1951 LV-101/WAL 524 was reassigned to Stonehorse Shoal,Massachusetts, where she served untildecommissioned in 1963. The lightship then sat in harbor atPortland, Maine, until her fate had been decided.
On 3 September 1964, LV-101 wasdonated to the City ofPortsmouth, Virginia, to become a part of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum.Portsmouth wasdry docked at the London Pier in Portsmouth. Although she was never stationed there, she has taken on the city's name. In 1989,Portsmouth was designated aNational Historic Landmark and is open for visitation.
Lightship are numbered, the stations have names. Light Vessel 101 was assigned to the stations:
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