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Ship John Shoal Light

Sea Breeze, NJ · Active aid to navigation

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Access source: Federal records checked: the U.S. Coast Guard AtoN / Light List record for this aid and its National Register of Historic Places record · Checked 2026-11-12

Owner / operator: U.S. Coast Guard (active aid to navigation)

The light

LocationSea Breeze, NJ (Cumberland County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number1640
Light characteristicFl W 5s
Height of light above water50 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureBrown, octagonal dwelling with pyramidal roof; on cylindrical pier.
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 7/19/2006 · Reference #06000630
Position39.30531, -75.37665 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkRed from 138° to 321.5°, covers shoals on east channel. High intensity beam down Miah Maul Range. HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl 13s si). Horn maintained from Mar. 15 to Dec. 15. Structure Maintained by entity outside the U.S. Coast Guard.

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data); NPS National Register of Historic Places listed-properties database (nps.gov).

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