21. The first United States lightships were small wooden vessels with no propelling power. 22. This station was helicopter accessible and was easier to maintain than a lightship . 23. On May 24, 2005, CTC completed its acquisition of Lightship Telecom. 24. The naming conventions used for lightships are not consistent. 25. Until 1867, there was no uniform method to refer to individual lightships . 26. Between 1877 and 1975 the beacon was supplemented by a series of lightships . 27. The survivors tried to row to the Lightship , but made little progress. 28. The trade in lightship baskets never faltered, however; it just went ashore. 29. *The Australian lightship Sandy Cape, Queensland, and in the Bass Strait. 30. In 1976, the Shambles lightship was permanently withdrawn and replaced by automatic buoys.
