Built: 1822/23 at New York
Cost: $17,702
Length: 90'; Beam: 23'; Tonnage: 154 (also shown as 195); wood hull
Station: 1823-1829: Sandy Hook (NY)
Note: Said to have been the first lightship equipped with reflector-type lamps.
to Ambrose Channel Lightship Station History
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