Lightship No. 101, Portsmouth
American lightvessel, launched 1916 in Portsmouth (Independent City), Virginia. Added to the National Register in 1989, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
United States Lightship 101, known as Portsmouth (LV-101) as a museum ship, was first stationed at Cape Charles, Virginia. Today she is at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum in Portsmouth, Virginia. Portsmouth never had a lightship station; however, when the vessel was dry docked there as a museum, she took on the pseudonym Portsmouth. A National Historic Landmark, she is one of a small number of surviving lightships.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | London Slip, Elizabeth River, Portsmouth (Independent City), VA |
| County | Portsmouth County |
| Listed | May 5, 1989 |
| Reference number | 89001080 |
| Type of place | lightvessel, preserved watercraft |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, Virginia Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | London Slip, Elizabeth River, Portsmouth (Independent City), VA |
| Coordinates | 36.83701, -76.29623 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Fort Monroe National Monument · 12 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 89001080. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.