lightship - A light placed on a ship. The ship remained in a fixed position. Most lightships have been replaced by lit buoys or other structures.
linestoppers - A device used to keep a line from slipping, such as a jamcleat.
Lightship
A stationary vessel carrying a light used for navigation.
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to windward and back from Sandy Hook lightship, between J. C. Stevens's new centre-board sloop " Maria," 170 tons, loo ft. water-line and 26 ft. 8 in. beam, with a draught of 5 ft. 3 in.
The lesson learned from the Shipwash lightship some twenty years ago, has not been without profit and benefit to naval architects. Let me spin you the yarn.
Mushroom Anchor on the Lightship Portsmouth in Virginia.
The mushroom anchor is suitable where the seabed is composed of silt or fine sand.
 See also: Boat, North, Point, Light, Line
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