The 1936 Lightship No. 112, known by her last official designation, Nantucket, outlasted all other Lightships assigned to that station, having marked it for 39 years. The nation's most significant lightship station for transatlantic voyages, Nantucket, established in 1854, marked the limits of the dangerous Nantucket Shoals and the eastern end of the Ambrose shipping canal into New York Harbor. She was the last Lightship seen by vessels departing the United States, as well as the first beacon seen when entering the country.

The ship modeled here is from Bluejacket Shipcrafters, an excellent kit. It is a representation of how she looked in 1936, with her tall smoke stack for it's steam boiler. To see a Bluejacket kit that is finished as she is now, see the photo page.