LIGHT VESSEL 71 (shipwreck)

Address Restricted, Buxton, North Carolina. County/parish: Dare.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 19, 2015. NRIS 15000541.

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • Diamond Shoal Lightship
  • LV 71

From Wikipedia:

United States lightship Diamond Shoal (LV-71)

Diamond Shoal Lightship No. 71 (LV-71) was a lightship of the United States Lighthouse Service. She is most remembered for her sinking in 1918 during World War I when a German U-boat attacked her off North Carolina. Her shipwrecked remains were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

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