Hen and Chickens Lightship Station (MA)
Historical Light List Characteristics
| 1870 | F W. W11. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 94 |
| 1878-1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 118 | |
| 1886 | F W. W10. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 120 |
| 1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 123 | |
| 1893 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 134 | |
| 1898 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 163 | |
| 1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 167 | |
| 1905 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 181 | |
| 1908 | F W. W121/2. Three lanterns encircling mainmast head. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 193 |
| 1915 | F W. W12 (1,000 cp). | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 243 |
| 1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 250 | |
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 257 | |
| 1927 | Iso W 4s. W11 (480 cp). If occulting light be extinguished, fixed white light will be shown from tower gallery. F. W. riding light (40 cp.) on forestay. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 255 |
| 1931 | Iso W 4s. W12 (480 cp). Fixed white light shown if occulting light inoperative. Riding light, F. W. 40 cp., on forestay. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 298 |
| 1935 | Iso W 4s. W12 (3,600 cp). Fixed white light shown if occulting light inoperative. Riding light, F. W. 40 cp., on forestay. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 325 |
| 1943 | Iso W 4s. W14 (3,600 cp). Fixed white light shown if occulting light inoperative. Riding light, F. W. 40 cp., on forestay. | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 398 |
| 1945 | ||
| 1946 | ||
| 1947 | Iso W 4s. W14 (3,500 cp). Riding light, F. W. 40 cp., on forestay. | |
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| 1953 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 429 | |
| 1954 |
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
| 1870 | Reflector | N/A | N/A | N/A | One reflector-light; lead-colored hoop-iron day-mark at each mast-head. "Hen and Chickens" painted on each side. Moored in 10 fathoms water. | About 1/2 mile SE. of the Hen and Chickens reef. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 94 |
| 1878-1879 | One reflector light; black hoop-iron day-mark, at each mast-head. "Hen and Chickens" painted on each side. Moored in 10 fathoms water. | About a mile southeast of the Hen and Chickens reef. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 118 | ||||
| 1886 | Two masts, schooner-rigged; black hoop-iron day-mark at main-mast head. Hull, black, with the words "HEN AND CHICKENS" in large white letters on each side. | About a mile S. E. of the Hen and Chickens reef, Mass. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 120 | ||||
| 1888 | About a mile S. E. of the Hen and Chickens Reef, Mass. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 123 | |||||
| 1893 | Two masts, schooner-rigged; black hoop-iron day-mark at mainmast head. Hull, black, with the words "HENS AND CHICKENS" in large white letters on each side, and "No. 2" on each quarter. | About 1 mile to the southward and eastward of the rocky reef making off from Gooseberry Neck, NW. side of entrance to Buzzards Bay, Mass. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 134 | ||||
| 1898 | Two masts, schooner-rigged, no bowsprit; black hoop-iron day-mark at mainmast head. Hull, black, with "HENS & CHICKENS" in white on each side, and "No. 2" in white on each quarter. | Moored in 54 feet of water, about 1 mile to the southward and eastward of the rocky reef making off from Gooseberry Neck, NW. side of entrance to Buzzards Bay, Mass. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 163 | ||||
| 1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 167 | ||||||
| 1905 | Two masts, schooner-rigged, no bowsprit; black, hoop-iron daymark at mainmast head. Hull, black, with "HENS & CHICKENS" in white on each side, and "No. 2" in white on each quarter. | Moored in 60 feet of water, about 1 mile to the southward and eastward of the rocky reef making off from Gooseberry Neck, northerly side of the entrance to Buzzards Bay, Mass. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 181 | ||||
| 1908 | Lens lantern | Flush-deck, steel, steam, schooner-rigged vessel, no bowsprit; two yellow masts; black, circular, hoop-iron daymark at each masthead; black hull with "HENS & CHICKENS" in white on each side, and "No. 86" in white on each quarter; black smokestack and the fog whistle between the masts; white pilothouse, lamphouses, and boats. | Moored in 60 feet of water, about 11/4 mile to the S'd and E'd of Hen and Chickens Reef, making off from Gooseberry Neck, and about 1 mile 149° 45' (SSE 11/16 E) from Old Cock Beacon, N'ly side of the entrance to Buzzards Bay, Mass. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 193 | |||
| 1915 | N/A | Black hull; "HEN & CHICKENS" on sides; two masts; black, circular grating at each masthead. | In 10 fathoms, north side of entrance to Buzzards Bay. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 243 | |||
| 1917 | Black hull, "HEN & CHICKENS" on sides; two masts; black, circular grating at each masthead. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 250 | |||||
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 257 | ||||||
| 1927 | Black hull, "HEN & CHICKENS" on sides; black lantern on black, pyramidal, steel tower amidships. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 255 | |||||
| 1931 | 375 mm a | NA | NA | Black hull, "HEN & CHICKENS" on sides; black lantern on black pyramidal steel tower amidships. | In 60 feet, north side of entrance to Buzzards Bay. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 298 | |
| 1935 | 375 mm ei | Black hull, "HEN & CHICKENS" on sides; two masts, black lantern gallery at each masthead. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 325 | ||||
| 1943 | 375 mm e | Red hull, "HEN & CHICKENS" on sides; two masts, lantern gallery at each masthead. | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 398 | ||||
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| 1953 | N/A | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 429 | |||||
| 1954 |
Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals
| 1870 | A bell and horn. | None | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 94 |
| 1878-1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 118 | ||
| 1886 | Bell or horn. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 120 | |
| 1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 123 | ||
| 1893 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 134 | ||
| 1898 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 163 | ||
| 1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 167 | ||
| 1905 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 181 | ||
| 1908 | 12-inch steam whistle, blasts 3 sec., silent intervals alternately 4 an 50 sec. | If whistle be disabled a bell will be rung by hand. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 193 |
| 1915 | 10-inch air whistle; gp. 2 blasts every 60 sec.: 1st blast 3 sec. Silent 4 sec. 2d blast 3 sec. Silent 50 sec. | Bell (hand) if whistle is disabled. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 243 |
| 1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 250 | ||
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 257 | ||
| 1927 | 10-inch air whistle: Blast 2 sec. Silent 18 sec. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 255 | |
| 1931 | WHISTLE, 10-inch air: Blast 2 sec., silent 18 sec. | Bell, hand, if whistle disabled. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 298 |
| 1935 | HORN, air: Blast 3 sec., silent 12 sec. | Bell, hand, if horn disabled. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 325 |
| 1943 | HORN, diaphragm, chime, air; blast 3 sec., silent 12 sec. | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 398 | |
| 1945-1947 | |||
| 1950-1952 | |||
| 1953 | HORN, diaphragm, chime; when operating, is synchronized with radiobeacon ev 3 minutes for distance finding. | Bell, hand, gp of 2 strokes ev 30s, if horn is disabled. | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 429 |
| 1954 | HORN, diaphragm, chime; when operating, is synchronized with radiobeacon ev 3 minutes for distance finding. |
Historical Light List Other Signals
| 1927 | None | None | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 255 |
| 1931 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 298 | ||
| 1935 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 325 | ||
| 1943 | RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 288 kc, groups of 4 dashes of varied tone (   ) two high, two low tones. Antenna lead-in at center of ship. DISTANCE-FINDING STATION. |
USCG Light List (Atlantic): 398 | |
| 1945-1947 | |||
| 1950-1952 | |||
| 1953-1954 | RADIOBEACON: 288 kc (Code: ) two high, two low tones. Antenna at center of ship. |
USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 429 |
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1866 - 1954 |