Succonnesset Shoal Lightship Station (MA)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1858 F W. W10. LHB Light List (US): 96
1860 LHB Light List (US): 85
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 85
1870 F W. W12. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 87
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 111
1886 F W. W111/2. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 113
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 115
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 126
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 153
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 157
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 168
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 176

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1858 Reflector N/A N/A N/A Reflector light. Moored in midchannel, in six fathoms water; schooner rigged, with two red hoop-iron day-marks. Between Succonnesset shoal and Eldridge shoal, Vineyard sound. LHB Light List (US): 96
1860 Reflector light. Moored in midchannel, in 6 fathoms water; schooner rigged, with two red hoop-iron day-marks. LHB Light List (US): 85
1865-1866 Moored in midchannel, in six fathoms water; schooner rigged, with two red hoop-iron day-marks. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 85
1870 One reflector-light. Moored in midchannel, in six fathoms water; schooner-rigged, with two red hoop-iron day-marks. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 87
1878-1879 One reflector light, with "SUCCONNESSETT" painted in large letters on each side. Moored in mid-channel, in 6 fathoms water; schooner-rigged, with one red hoop-iron day-mark. Between Succonnessett shoal and Eldridge shoal, Vineyard sound. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 111
1886 Two masts, schooner-rigged; red hoop-iron day-mark at main-mast head. Hull, straw-color, with the word "SUCCONNESSET" in large white letters on each side. Between Succonnesset shoal and Eldridge shoal, Vineyard sound, Mass. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 113
1888 Two masts, schooner-rigged; red hoop-iron day-mark at main-mast head. Hull, straw-color, with the word "SUCCONNESSET" in large white letters on each side, and "6" on each quarter. Between Succonnesset Shoal and Eldridge Shoal, Nantucket Sound, Mass. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 115
1893 Two masts, schooner-rigged; red hoop-iron day-mark at mainmast head. Hull, straw-color, with the word "SUCCONNESSET" in large black letters on each side, and "6" on each quarter. Between Succonnesset Shoal and Eldridge Shoal, Mass. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 126
1898 Two masts, schooner-rigged, no bowsprit; red hoop-iron day-mark at mainmast head. Hull, straw-color, with "SUCCONNESSET" in black on each side, and "6" in black on each quarter. Moored about 23/8 miles southeasterly of Succonnesset Point, in mid-channel in 28 feet of water, between Succonnesset Shoal and Eldridge Shoal, Mass. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 153
1899 Two masts, schooner-rigged, no bowsprit; red hoop-iron day mark at mainmast head. Hull, straw-color, with "SUCCONNESSET" in black on each side, and "6" in black on each quarter. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 157
1905 Two masts, schooner-rigged; red hoop-iron daymark at mainmast head. Hull, straw-color, with "SUCCONNESSET" in black on each side, and "6" in black on each quarter. Moored about 23/8 miles southeasterly of Succonnesset Point, in mid-channel in 30 feet of water, between Succonnesset Shoal and Eldridge Shoal, northerly side of the westerly part of Nantucket Sound, Mass. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 168
1908 Two masts, schooner-rigged; red hoop-iron daymark at mainmast head; straw-colored hull, with "SUCCONNESSET" in black on each side, and "6" in black on each quarter. Moored about 23/8 miles SE'ly of Succonnesset Point, in mid-channel in 30 feet of water, between Succonnesset Shoal and Eldridge Shoal, N'ly side of the Nantucket Sound, Mass., and on the N'ly edge of the red sector of Nobska Point Light. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 176

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1858 Bell. None LHB Light List (US): 96
1860 Bell, horn, & gun. LHB Light List (US): 85
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 85
1870 A bell, horn, and gun. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 87
1878-1879 A bell and horn. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 111
1886 Bell or horn. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 113
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 115
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 126
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 153
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 157
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 168
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 176
1854 - 1912