Nantucket Lightships
August 17, 2008
WLV-612
Built: 1950
Length: 128 feet
What it did: Spent its last eight years in service about 45 miles off the coast of Nantucket.
Decommissioned: 1985
Where it is now: Newport, R.I.
Owner: William Golden
Asking price: $7.6 million
LV-112
Built: 1936
Length: 148 feet, 10 inches
What it did: Kept boats away from the shoals about 50 miles off Nantucket.
Decommissioned: 1975
Where it is now: Oyster Bay, N.Y.
Owner: National Lighthouse Museum, a New York preservation group
Asking price: $1
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