Pollack Rip Lightship on station, US Lighthouse Service Light Vessel 42.

Pollack Rip Lightship on station, US Lighthouse Service Light Vessel 42.

Pollack Rip Lightship on station, US Lighthouse Service Light Vessel 42. This auxilliary schooner-2 was stationed at Pollack Rip from 1877 to 1892. Notes: Info on reverse indicates is LV47, but the number on bow is 42. LV 47 was a later Pollack Rip vessel. For USCG official history, see www.uscg.mil/history/cutters/WLV/LV42.asp, See also LB2013.21.1669