Ship Island (Mississippi)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1858 F W. W13. LHB Light List (US): 329
1860 LHB Light List (US): 314
1865 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 319
1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 323
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 325
1870 F W. W12. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 323
1878 F W. W13. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 414
1879 F R. R13. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 428
1886 F R. R111/4. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 553
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 587
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 792
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 949
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 961
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1164
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1280
1915 F R. R9. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1801
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1935
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2018
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2226
1931 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2524
1935 Iso R 10s. R9. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 3296
1943 Iso R 10s. R14. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 3564
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 5445
1957
1959-1960 Iso W 6s. W14. USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 6424
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. II: 6424
1963 Fl(2) W 10s. W14. fl 0.5, ec 2, fl 0.5, ec 7.
1965-1966
1969-1970 USCG Light List - Vol. II: 158
1972 Fl W 6s. W14. fl 1.
1973-1974 Fl W 6s. W10.
1976
1978
1982
1990 USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 275
2004 Fl W 10s. W6. USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 337

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1858 4th 48 51 N/A LHB Light List (US): 329
1860 LHB Light List (US): 314
1865 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 319
1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 323
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 325
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 323
1878 50 55 A brick tower. Brick dwelling a few yards to eastward. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 414
1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 428
1886 Tower, white; lantern, black. Brick dwelling a few yards to eastward. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 553
1888 76 Tower, white four-sided pyramidal structure, surmounted by a black lantern. One-story frame dwelling, with green blinds, alongside. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 587
1893 73 Lanter on white, four-sided pyramidal tower. One-story frame dwelling, with green blinds, alongside. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 792
1898 Black lantern on square, white, pyramidal tower. One-story white frame dwelling, with green blinds alongside. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 949
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 961
1905 Black lantern on square, white, pyramidal tower; white, one-story, frame dwelling, with green blinds, alongside. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1164
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1280
1915 N/A 55 White; square pyramidal tower. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1801
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1935
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2018
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2226
1931 4 o White, square, pyramidal tower. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2524
1935 4 ei USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 3296
1943 4 e USCG Light List (Atlantic): 3564
1945-1947
1950-1951
1952 White, square, pyramidal tower, black above gallery.
1953 N/A White square pyramidal tower, black above gallery. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 5445
1954-1955 69
1957
1959-1960 N/A N/A 70 Black slatted daymark on white skeleton tower. USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 6424
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. II: 6424
1963
1965-1966 Black slatted daymark on white skeleton tower. On same structure as Ship Island Range Rear Light.
1969-1970 Black slatted daymark on skeleton tower. On same structure as Ship Island Range Rear Light. USCG Light List - Vol. II: 158
1972-1974 84 Skeleton tower on concrete block. On same structure as Ship Island Range Rear Light.
1976
1978
1982
1990 USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 275
2004 N/A N/A 76 Tapered white square with black cupola. USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 337
1853 - Present (The 1886 light was built close to the original 1853 light.)