An attempt an overall shot.
Monday, November 7, 2011
The Huron Lightship Again
This is the second time this ship has appeared on this blog so I'm not going to go into the history of her.
I kind of like how they have the ship in sand because I think ultimately this will preserve it better than if they keep it in water. Admittedly, she belongs in water but that makes it difficult to preserve her. Sadly, I think many of the museum ships will have to go this route.
I kind of like how she sets off against the sky in this shot.
Some detail of her pilothouse.
One of the boats you could use to get around.
A shot of the stern.
Her light.
I served on board as a Fireman/Engineman from 1957-59
ReplyDeleteIt was on May 7th, 1958 the
lightship lost her only crew-member
when SN (BM) Robert J. Gullickson lost his life when he drowned after
the ship's lifeboat was swamped when returning from the Port Huron Lifeboat Station. I was able to save Vincent J. Disch, one of the ships' cooks, after he had survived more than 2 hours in the
very cold Lake Huron waters.
Neil C. Hamilton
Sun City, AZ 85351
29 Jan 2012
Thank you for that story. That was pretty nice.
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