&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Lightship_Overfalls_DE1.jpg) WAL 539 painted for "OVERFALLS" station, docked in Lewes, Delaware in 2015
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | LV 118 |
| Operator | United States Lighthouse Service/United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Rice Brothers Corporation, East Boothbay, Maine |
| Cost | $223,900 |
| Launched | 4 June 1938 |
| Commissioned | 11 September 1938 |
| Decommissioned | 7 November 1972 |
| Renamed |
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| Status | Museum Ship in Lewes, Delaware |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Lightvessel |
| Displacement | 412 short tons (374 t) |
| Length | 114 ft 9 in (34.98 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m) |
| Installed power | Cooper-Bessemer 8 cylinder air-start Diesel engine, 400 bhp (300 kW) |
| Propulsion | Single shaft, reduction gear, 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) propeller |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Crew | 14 |
Lightship WAL-539 | |
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| Location | Lewes, Delaware |
| Coordinates | 38°46′40.5″N 75°8′28″W / 38.777917°N 75.14111°W |
| Built | 1938 |
| Architect | Rice Brothers |
| NRHP reference No. | 89000006 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | 16 February 1989[1] |
| Designated NHL | 14 June 2011 |
Lightship Overfalls (LV-118) (later renumbered WAL-539) was the last lightvessel constructed for the United States Lighthouse Service before the Service became part of the United States Coast Guard.[2] She is currently preserved in Lewes, Delaware as a museum ship.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Vessel Designation: LV 118/WAL 539". U.S. Coast Guard Lightships & Those of the U.S. Lighthouse Service. United States Coast Guard. Retrieved November 16, 2010.