United States Lightship LV-51 (Sandy Hook)
Constructed in 1892, the Sandy Hook (LV-51) served post from 1894 to 1908. This steam engine-powered ship was the first US lightvessel to have an all-steel hull and fastenings and the first to use electric lights; she was also the last ship to hold the southerly post on the southern side of the channel, near Sandy Hook. After 1908, she was reassigned to relief duty. On 24 April 1919, she was rammed and sunk by a Standard Oil barge while relieving the Cornfield Point Lightship (LV-14). As a result of this incident, Standard Oil was forced to pay for the construction of LV111, which served as the Lightship Ambrose from 1932 to 1952.
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