Virtual Ship Tour: Lightship Chesapeake (LV 116)

[@chrisambrose8838]

Very interesting and informative! I had no idea how things were in that ship ! Thanks for posting!! 💙🇺🇸🖖🏻👍🙋‍♂️

[@iwantmyvanback]

Just saw this ship on Destinations oh History. You're a great host and you should make more videos!!

[@skyhill4279]

Great video sir. I love lighthouses and lightships. I am a member of two radio stations that broadcast from British lightships. Dutch station Radio Seagull from the LV8, now called the Jenni Baynton from Harlingen Haven. She still makes regular trips offshore to broadcast her programmes just like our offshore pirate radio stations of the 60's, 70's and 80's did from ships and sea forts dotted around the UK coastline. The other, Radio Mi Amigo from the LV18 in Harwich harbour.

[@tc1uscg65]

I attended Radioman school (1981) with a guy who was on the Nantucket. He had some great stories about "close calls" (collisions at sea). The crews rotated every few weeks back to shore. I do recall he said it was great duty.

[@2minniegirl]

I like how the fog horn sounds

[@Topper-gf8xl]

Thanks for the tutorial. Helps me understand these much better. I've visited the Nantucket LV112 in Boston and the Relief in Oakland, CA. I've also seen one in Stockholm and Copenhagen. Hopefully, I'll be able to visit LV116 someday.

[@bazra19]

I served in the British Lightship service, we did not have Propulsion, and had to be towed everywhere. Otherwise they were similar, with the exception of we had a crew of 7 and much better cabins, also mess decks were much better in that all furnishings were fixed. I can’t see how they kept their tables and chairs in place in heavy weather. Each man cooked for himself on our vessels. It was not unusual to see 7 pots of potatoes, 7 pots of veggies, and 7 small portions of meat in or on the stove.

[@josephmoylan9199]

Nice videos came across yours and now subscribed.

[@rp1645]

Thank you for your. It's interesting to wonder how they kept their location without modern GPS. Chart plots off paper charts, and smart mariners, Professional Mariners.

[@johnbeauvais3159]

I never knew the lightships were a purpose built vessel, I always assumed they were an old decommissioned trawler that was purchased and moored at a location and people were brought on and off by another ship. Quite interesting

[@diddlebug7241]

Very informative and fascinating.

[@maribethburac9671]

wow Red

[@2minniegirl]

I heard the fog horn that's interesting it has 4 horns if I was in front of it wow that would be loud