Ambrose Light

Year Built

1967

Cost

$2.4 million

Type

Steel Tower

Height

76 feet

Location

Lower New York Bay; Ambrose Channel

Automated Year

1988

First Lit

1967 (Texas Tower) - 1999 (New Tower)

Lens Type

DCB 36

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

Active

Color

Red

Last Keeper - Date

None

Description

The tower was a staging point for pilot ships and not open to the public.

Brief History

•  In 1967, a skeletal tower replaced WLV 613 lightship.
•  October 1996 the 754-foot (230 m) Greek oil tanker Aegeo struck the tower, causing severe damage.
•  In January 2001, the 492-foot Maltese freighter Kouros V struck the new tower. The tower suffered extensive damage, and the light was rendered inoperable.
•  On November 3, 2007, the 819-foot (250 m) Bahamas-Registered Tankship M/T Axel Spirit struck the tower.
•  On July 25, 2008, the Coast Guard announced the dismantlement of Ambrose Light would begin on July 28, 2008.