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The following selected links have information or artifacts relative to the history of lightships and lighthouse tenders. Eastwind Publishing has provided these links to websites that may be of interest to our viewers, however, we do not endorse the facts or any products for sale by the websites:


U. S. COAST GUARD OFFICIAL PAGE: www.uscg.mil/

U. S. NAVY OFFICIAL PAGE: www.navy.mil/

NATIONAL MARITIME INITIATIVE:
www.cr.nps.gov/history/maritime

NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER: www.history.navy.mil

U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE: www.usni.org/

HISTORIC NAVAL SHIPS ASSOC.
www.maritime.org/

EUROPEAN LIGHTSHIPS:
1.
www.worldlights.com/world/ships.html
2.
www.ipl.org/exhibit/light/IRE/SouthRockLS.html


Museums and organizations with lightship/lighthouse tenders or with artifacts and information on U.S. Lighthouse Service or Coast Guard ships and aids to navigation:

NANTUCKET LIGHTSHIP: http://www.homestead.com/nantucket/NANTUCKET.html

COLUMBIA RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM: http://www.crmm.org

HURON MUSEUM:
www.oakland.edu/boatnerd/museums/huron

MARINERS' MUSEUM, VA: http://www.mariner.org

SHORE VILLAGE MUSEUM, ME:
www.tiac.netusers/buster/shorevillage

SOUTH STREET SEAPORT, NY: www.SouthStSeaport.org/


For other maritime museums see:

SMITHS GUIDE TO MARITIME MUSEUMS: www.bobhudson.com/Smiths/index


Publications occasionally featuring lightships and/or lighthouse tenders:

COAST GUARD MAGAZINE:
www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/cb/magazine/html

LIGHTHOUSE DIGEST:
lhdigest.com

NAVAL HISTORY: www.navalhistory.org

NAUTICAL RESEARCH JOURNAL: www.Naut-Res-Guild.org

STEAMBOATING MAGAZINE: www.steamboating.com

Note: There are numerous lighthouse webpages, and occasionally a few of them feature lightships or tenders. Use one of the search functions to find "lighthouses".




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