Frying Pan is a lightvessel moored at Pier 66a in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It served at Frying Pan Shoals, off Cape Fear in North Carolina, for over 30 years.
Frying Pan on its last day at station (replaced by light tower)
In New York
Frying Pan LV-115 (foreground) and John J. Harvey fireboat (background) in the Hudson River, Manhattan, New York, NY
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A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship that acts as a lighthouse in areas deemed unsuitable for proper lighthouse construction. Although some records exist of fire beacons being placed on ships in Rom
United States lightship Frying Pan (LV-115)
…Frying Pan (LV-115) is a lightvessel moored at Pier 66a in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It served at Frying Pan Shoals, off Cape Fear in North Carolina, for over…
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