Editing Lightship (section)

====Surviving American lightships====
{{See also|List of lightships of the United States}}

It is estimated that there are 15 United States lightships left today. Among them:

* The [[United States lightship Barnegat (LV-79)|lightship Barnegat (LV-79)]] is moored in [[Camden, New Jersey]]. She was the [[Five Fathom Bank light station|lightship for Five Fathom Bank]] and [[Barnegat, New Jersey]].
* The [[United States lightship Swiftsure (LV-83)|lightship Swiftsure (LV-83)]] is moored at [[Northwest Seaport]] in [[Seattle, Washington]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1904 Lightship: No. 83, Swiftsure|url=http://nwseaport.org/historic-fleet/lightship-swiftsure|website=Northwest Seaport|access-date=7 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520100712/http://nwseaport.org/historic-fleet/lightship-swiftsure/|archive-date=20 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> She served at all five Pacific Coast lightship stations (Blunts Reef and San Francisco, California; and the Columbia River entrance, Umatilla Reef, and Swiftsure Bank, Washington).
* The [[United States lightship Ambrose (LV-87)|lightship Ambrose (LV-87)]] is moored at the [[South Street Seaport Museum]] in [[New York City, New York]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lightship Ambrose|url=https://southstreetseaportmuseum.org/visit/street-of-ships/lightship-ambrose|website=South Street Seaport Museum|access-date=7 May 2016}}</ref>
* The [[United States lightship Portsmouth (LV-101)|lightship Portsmouth (LV-101)]] is moored at the naval shipyard museum in [[Portsmouth, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lightship Portsmouth|url=http://www.portsmouthnavalshipyardmuseum.com/lightship/about.html|website=Lightship Portsmouth Museum|publisher=City of Portsmouth, Virginia|access-date=7 May 2016}}</ref> LV-101 was built in 1915 by Pusey & Jones. She first served at [[Cape Charles, Virginia]], then Relief, [[Overfalls, Delaware]], and [[Stonehorse Shoal, Massachusetts]]. After being decommissioned, she was stored in [[Portland, Maine]], before being sold to the museum. Today LV-101 is dry docked and lettered as ''Portsmouth'', having never served there.
* The [[United States lightship Huron (LV-103)|lightship Huron (LV-103)]] is one of many that have plied the waters of the [[Great Lakes]].<ref name="cmich.edu"/><ref>Sellman, John J. Martin Reef: Lightship to Lighthouse. Cedarville, MI: Les Cheneaux Historical Association, 1995.</ref> In 1832 the first Lightship on the [[Great Lakes]]—the [[Lois McLain]]—was placed at Waugoshance Shoal.<ref>[http://clarke.cmich.edu/lighthouses/lhtime1.htm Wagner, John L., Chronology of Michigan lightship and lighthouses ''Beacons Shining in the Night'', Clarke Historical Library, Central, Michigan University.]</ref> After 1940, the Huron was the last lightship on the [[Great Lakes]]. She was decommissioned in 1970 and grounded at [[Port Huron, Michigan]] as a museum. The smallest surviving lightship, she is now a museum and a representative of the 96 foot class.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-15481_19267_20424-54594--,00.html|title=Michigan Government on Huron Lightship.|access-date=21 February 2019}}</ref>
* The lightship Winter Quarter (LV-107) is moored at Liberty Landing Marina in Jersey City, New Jersey. She serves as the office building for a sailing school. 
* The [[United States lightship Nantucket (LV-112)|lightship Nantucket (LV-112)]] is moored in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nantucket Lightship/LV-112|url=http://www.nantucketlightshiplv-112.org|website=Nantucket Lightship/LV-112|publisher=United States Lightship Museum, Inc.|access-date=7 May 2016}}</ref>
* The [[United States lightship Frying Pan (LV-115)|lightship Frying Pan (LV-115)]] is moored at Pier 66 in [[New York City, New York]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lightship Frying Pan|url=http://fryingpan.com|website=Lightship Frying Pan|access-date=7 May 2016}}</ref>
* The [[United States lightship Chesapeake (LV-116)|lightship Chesapeake (LV-116)]] is moored at [[Historic Ships in Baltimore]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland]].<ref>{{cite web|title=LV116 Chesapeake|url=http://www.historicships.org/chesapeake.html|website=Historic Ships in Baltimore|access-date=7 May 2016|archive-date=21 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521092537/http://www.historicships.org/chesapeake.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The [[United States lightship Overfalls (LV-118)|lightship Overfalls (LV-118)]] is moored in [[Lewes, Delaware]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lightship Overfalls (LV-118)|url=http://www.overfalls.org|website=Lightship Overfalls (LV-118)|publisher=Overfalls Foundation|access-date=7 May 2016}}</ref> She has been painted for the "OVERFALLS" station, though she never served there.
* The [[United States lightship Columbia (WLV-604)|lightship Columbia (WLV-604)]] is moored at the [[Columbia River Maritime Museum]] in [[Astoria, Oregon]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lightship Columbia|url=http://www.crmm.org/maritimemuseum_collection_lightshipcolumbia.html|website=Columbia River Maritime Museum|access-date=7 May 2016|archive-date=17 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417223408/http://www.crmm.org/maritimemuseum_collection_lightshipcolumbia.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first lightship on the Pacific Coast, she marked the entrance to the Columbia River.
* The [[United States lightship Relief (WLV-605)|lightship Relief (WLV-605)]] is moored at Jack London Square in [[Oakland, California]].
* The [[United States lightship Nantucket (WLV-612)|lightship Nantucket I (WLV-612)]] is moored in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nantucket Lightship|url=http://www.nantucketlightship.com|website=Nantucket Lightship|access-date=7 May 2016}}</ref> She operates as a floating hotel and events venue. Built in 1950 and operated at various stations from 1951 to 1983, she was designated ''Nantucket I'' in 1979 and rotated at the Nantucket station with the ''Nantucket II'' until 1983. She was the last American lightship to be decommissioned in 1985.
* The [[United States lightship Nantucket II (WLV-613)|lightship Nantucket II (WLV-613)]] is moored in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]]. She was the last lightship built in the United States and was laid down on February 4, 1952, at the Coast Guard Yard in [[Curtis Bay, Maryland]]. She was launched six months later and placed in service in September of the same year. Her first assignment was to the Ambrose Shoals off New York City and served at that station until 1967. After brief service as a relief lightship, she was assigned as one of two Nantucket lightships and served at that station until replaced by a buoy on December 20, 1983. She was moored at the Wareham Shipyard in [[Wareham, Massachusetts]] from about 1990 until 2014.