Portsmouth City Lighthouses Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Portsmouth City Lighthouses Lighthouse
Built in 1916, this steel lightship measures 30.8 meters in height. Originally serving at critical offshore locations, it marked waters off Cape Charles, Virginia, then moved to the Overfalls station near Cape Henlopen, Delaware, and later the Stonehorse Shoal off Nantucket, Massachusetts. The vessel features a red-painted hull with white superstructure. Decommissioned in 1962, it was towed to Portsmouth in 1964 and opened as a museum in 1967. Extensive restorations were completed in 2004 and again between 2020 and 2023. The lightship is now permanently moored on land at the Portsmouth waterfront.
Why it matters: Its preservation as a museum ship offers a rare opportunity to experience the operational demands and living conditions of a lightship crew.
Light & Optic
- Light Color
- White
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1916
Significant events: Decommissioned 1962, towed from Nantucket to Portsmouth 1964, donated to city and opened as museum 1967, reopened after extensive restoration 2004, second restoration and upgrade 2020-2022, reopened April 2023
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Portsmouth(0.7 km)
- ARLHS No.
- USA-663
Tower & Structure
- Tower Color
- white
- Material
- steel
Structure: A 30.8m (101 ft) steel ship with a single mast from which the light was displayed. Its hull is painted red and its superstructure white.
Location
- City
- Portsmouth
- Country
- 🇺🇸United States
- Region
- Virginia
- Sea Region
- Served off Cape Charles, Virginia; Overfalls station off Cape Henlopen, Delaware; and Stonehorse Shoal off Nantucket, Massachusetts. Currently located on land at Water and London Streets, Portsmouth waterfront.
- Latitude
- 36.8368°
- Longitude
- -76.2965°
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