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Light Vessel LV 73 - U.S. Coast Guard lightship built in 1901 and lost, with all hands on board, during the 1944 hurricane.
 
Light Vessel No. 2 - U.S. Coast Guard lightship built in 1849 and stationed in various points off the Massachusetts Coast from 1849-19207. She is said to have been named "General Taylor" when launched, and later referred to as "Pollock Rip" prior to 1867 when her designation as No. 2 was assigned.
 
Light Vessel No. 3 - U.S. Coast Guard lightship built in 1852 and stationed in various points off the Massachusetts Coast from 1852-1923. She is said to have been named "Old Hickory" when launched. She was retired from lightship duty in 1924 at the age of 72.
 
Light Vessel No. 41 - U.S. Coast Guard lightship built in 1876 and stationed in various points off the Massachusetts Coast from 1876-1933. On April 29, 1923, she took aboard 21 survivors from the S.S. Seaconnet which sank one mile south of the lightship, with loss of seven crew. She was retired from duty in 1933.
 
Light Vessel No. 42 - U.S. Coast Guard lightship built in 1877 and stationed in various points off the Massachusetts Coast from 1877-1932. She was retired from lightship duty in 1931. In 1940, she was burned at Apple Island in Boston Harbor as part of the Fourth of July celebration.
 
Light Vessel No. 5 - U.S. Coast Guard lightship built in 1864 and stationed in various points off the Massachusetts Coast from 1862-1918. During her years of duty, she suffered numerous collisions with passing vessels. She was retired from lightship duty in 1930 at the age of 65.
 
Light Vessel No. 6 - U.S. Coast Guard lightship built in 1855 and stationed in various points off the Massachusetts Coast from 1862-1918. In 1918, she was reported drifting in moving ice and was last seen moving out of the eastern entrance to Nantucket Sound. All hands on board were lost.
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