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The so called New Bedford Lightship never was used for that purpose in New Bedford.
It was built at a cost of $228,212.00 in 1930 in Portland Oregon.
Length: 133.3 feet (ca. 40.60 m) -
Beam: 30 feet (ca. 9.14 m) -
Draught: 13 feet (ca. 3.96 m)
Displacement: 630 tons The City of New Bedford got it in 1975.
In 1976 it was refurbished for the New Bedford bicentennial celebration.
After that it was pretty much left to rot.
Despite that on
May 30, 1980 it was added to the National Historic Register as a National Landmark. |
