Abstract:
The Diamond Shoals Lightship is the largest vessel of its kind and is anchored thirteen miles off Cape Hatteras and five miles from the outer edge of Diamond Shoals. Its purpose is to warn ships away from the treacherous shoals where many have foundered over the centuries. Brown recounts what the crew does aboard a ship that never sails and how they deal with hurricanes. This lightship was the only American one sunk by a German submarine during World War I.