Built: 1823 at New York

Length: 72'; Beam: 20'; Tonnage: 110 displ, 120 gross
Illumination: Two oil lamps, each with 12 cylindrical wicks, One lamp on
foremast at 42 feet, the other on mainmast at 45 feet
Fog Signal: 450 lb hand operated bell
Stations: 1823-1850: Brandywine Shoal (DE)
1851-1854: Minots Ledge (MA)
1855: Relieved Cross Rip (MA)
1855: Relieved Five Fathom Bank (NJ)
Notes: Sister to "X". Referred to as "lightboat Brandywine", "old Brandywine"

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