Abstract:
AMBROSE LIGHTSHIP SUNK

So read the headlines of every major New York City Newspaper on 24 June 1960.

In reality, it was not AMBROSE Lightship that was sunk; it was her replacement RELIEF Lightship.

Through the years nagging questions have been asked; How could a modern day Freighter equipped with the latest technology of the era, possibly collide with and sink an anchored U.S. Coast Guard Lightship on a well known and clearly marked position in AMBROSE Channel New York?

After much in depth research, I am now able to provide the answers to those questions…