Lightship Nantucket
THE STATION NAMED NANTUCKET OR NANTUCKET SHOALS WAS SERVED BY A NUMBER OF LIGHTVESSELS (ALSO TERMED LIGHTSHIPS) THAT MARKED THE HAZARDOUS NANTUCKET SHOALS SOUTH OF NANTUCKET ISLAND.
USS Nantucket (1907); Nantucket Lightship
The station named Nantucket or Nantucket Shoals was served by a number of lightvessels (also termed lightships) that marked the hazardous Nantucket Shoals south of Nantucket Island. The vessels, given numbers as their "name," had the station name painted on their hulls when assigned to the station.