Pollock Rip Slue Lightship Station (MA)
Historical Light List Characteristics
| 1905 | Light 1: F W. W101/2. Light 2: F R. R113/4. Three lanterns encircling each masthead. White light on foremast, red light on mainmast. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 146 |
| 1908 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 152 | |
| 1915 | Light 1: F W. W11 (320 cp). Light 2: F R. R8 (100 cp). White light on foremast, red light on mainmast. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 191 |
| 1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 199 | |
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 204 |
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
| 1905 | Lens lantern | Lens lantern | N/A | 42 | Flush-deck, steam light-vessel; two masts, schooner-rigged, no bowsprit; red, circular, wire daymark at each masthead. Hull red, with "POLLOCK RIP SHOALS" in white on each side, and "73" in white on each bow and each quarter. Masts brown, black smokestack and the fog signal between the masts. Boats red, lamphouses white. | Moored in 46 feet of water, about 3 miles off the seacoast of Massachusetts, and about 11/2 miles to the northward of the Pollock Rip Slue entrance to Nantucket Sound. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 146 |
| 1908 | Flush-deck, steam, schooner-rigged vessel, no bowsprit; two masts; red, circular, wire daymark at each masthead; red hull, with "POLLOCK RIP SHOALS" in white on each side, and "73" in white on each bow and each quarter; brown masts, black smokestack and the fog signal between the masts; boats red, lamphouses white. | Moored in 46 feet of water, about 3 miles off the seacoast of Massachusetts, and about 11/2 miles to the N'd of the Pollock Rip Slue entrance to Nantucket Sound. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 152 | ||||
| 1915 | N/A | N/A | Red hull; "SLUE" on sides; two masts, red, circular grating at each masthead. | In 73/4 fathoms, about 3 miles off coast. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 191 | ||
| 1917 | Red hull, "SLUE" on sides; two masts, red, circular grating at each masthead. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 199 | |||||
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 204 |
Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals
| 1905 | 12-inch steam chime whistle; blasts, 3 sec.; silent intervals, 12 sec. | If whistle be disabled a bell will be rung by hand. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 146 |
| 1908 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 152 | ||
| 1915 | 12-inch steam chime whistle: Blast 5 sec. Silent 25 sec. | Bell (hand) if whistle is disabled. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 191 |
| 1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 199 | ||
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 204 |
Historical Light List Other Signals
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1902 - 1923 |
