lightship
Noun
Meaning
a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable
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A Coast Guard crew heads out to help guide the Lightship Overfalls into its slip.
I'll just say I adored the Cybils winners the two years I served on panels: Nic Bishop Frogs by Nic Bishop, and Lightship by Brian Floca.
They then proceeded north-west, passing convert west of the Horn's Reef lightship heading for the Little Fisher Bank at the mouth of the Skagerrak.
Mushroom anchor Mushroom anchor on the lightship Portsmouth in Virginia The mushroom anchor is suitable where the seabed is composed of silt or fine sand.
Viewpoints on the way will include Hull Minster, The Spurn Lightship and The Deep.