The Diamond Shoal Lightship No. 71 was built in Bath, Maine, in 1897, and is also known as the LV-71 and served as a beacon at its post for 21 years.
On August 6, 1918, the German submarine U-140 attacked the ship after torpedoing the unarmed American steamer Merak. The U-140 then intercepted a warning from the lightship and attacked it, firing from its deck guns. The 12-man crew escaped, but their ship went to the bottom. Because of the LV-71's warning, it is estimated that 25 vessels escaped from the German ship.
--DaCoot
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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