Lightship Bell Recovered from Ocean Floor After 70 Years

From: Sea Technology | Date: November 1, 2004| Author: Anonymous | Copyright information

Eric Takakjian, captain of Quest Marine Services' (Fairhavcn, Massachusetts) RV Quest, recently announced that he and his crew successfully recovered the Nantucket, Massachusetts, Lightship's main signal bell from its resting place in over 30 fathoms of water, 50 miles southeast of Nantucket.

The four-year-old, 133-fool-long U.S. Lighthouse Service (USLMS) Lightship LV-117 was moored on station, May 15, 1934, when it was rammed and sunk by the 47,000-ton British White Star luxury liner...

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