Ship Shoal Light
The Ship Shoal Light is a screw-pile lighthouse located in the Gulf of Mexico southwest of the Isles Dernieres off the coast of Louisiana. It is currently abandoned.
Undated photograph of Ship Shoal Light (USCG) | |
| Location | southwest of Isles Dernieres |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 28.9145°N 91.0711°W |
| Tower | |
| Foundation | screw-pile |
| Construction | cast-iron |
| Automated | 1929 |
| Height | 125 feet (38 m) |
| Shape | skeletal tower with circular house at base |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1859 |
| Deactivated | 1965 |
| Focal height | 105 feet (32 m) |
| Lens | second-order Fresnel lens |
| Characteristic | QF W |
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