Lightship No. 114

State Pier, New Bedford, Massachusetts. County/parish: Bristol.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 30, 1990. NRIS 90000777.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

• DIAMOND SHOALS
• FIRE ISLAND
• POLLICK RIP
• PORTLAND
• RELIEF
• WAL-5

From Wikipedia:

Lightship No. 114

Lightship No. 114, later U.S. Coast Guard WAL 536, that served as lightship Fire Island (NY), Examination Vessel (WW II), Diamond Shoal (NC), 1st District relief vessel, Pollock Rip (MA) and Portland (ME). After decommissioning in 1971, in 1975 the lightship became a historic ship at the State Pier in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She received little maintenance, and eventually sank at her moorings in 2006 and was sold for scrap the next year.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794566