Bush Bluff Lightship Station (VA)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1893 Light 1: F W. W12. Light 2: F W. W12. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 426
1898 Light 1: F W. Light 2: F W. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 514
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 527
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 581
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 628
1915 Fl W 10s. 500 cp fl 3. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 825
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 855

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1893 Reflector Reflector N/A 45 Two masts, schooner-rigged; mastheads white, with red cagework day-mark at each; hull red, with "BUSH BLUFF, No. 46" in large white letters and figures on each side. Off Bush Bluff Shoal, E. side of river, Va. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 426
1898 Lens lantern Lens lantern 57 Two masts, schooner rigged; hull red, with "BUSH BLUFF" in white on each side. In 24 feet of water, off Bush Bluff Shoal, E. side of river, Va. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 514
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 527
1905 Two masts, schooner rigged; hull red, with "BUSH BLUFF" in white on each side; spars black. In 24 feet of water, off Bush Bluff Shoal, easterly side of the Elizabeth River, Va. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 581
1908 41 Two masts, schooner rigged; red hull, with "BUSH BLUFF" in white on each side; black spars. In 20 feet of water, off Bush Bluff Shoal, E'ly side of the Elizabeth River, Va., 1 mile 3° (N 1/4 E) from Craney Island Light-House. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 628
1915 N/A N/A N/A Red hull, "BUSH" in white on sides; one mast; gallery daymark and lantern at masthead. In 5 fathoms, on east side of channel. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 825
1917 Red hull, "BUSH" in white on sides; one mast, gallery daymark and lantern at masthead. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 855

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1893 12-inch steam whistle, blasts 5 sec., alternate silent intervals of 10 and 90 sec. If whistle be disabled a bell will be rung by hand. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 426
1898 Bell rung by hand. None LHB Light List (Atlantic): 514
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 527
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 581
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 628
1915 Bell; gp. 3 strokes every 15 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 825
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 855
1893 - 1918 (Marked by buoy 1911-1912.)