These lighthouses used a design similiar to oil rigs and were designed to replace lightships at exposed offshore locations. Only 7 were ever built. They are listed here north to south.
| STATION | LOCATION | STATE |
COMMISSIONED |
AUTOMATED |
DECOMISSIONED |
STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buzzards Bay Light | 4 nm SW of Cuttyhunk Island (between Martha's Vineyard & Westport) |
MA |
1 Nov 1961 |
? |
1996 |
demolished & replaced in 1996 |
| Brenton Reef Light | Narragansett Bay | RI |
1962 |
? |
1989 |
demolished & replaced in 1992 |
| Ambrose Light | Ambrose Channel, Lower New York Bay | NY |
1967 |
1988 |
1996 |
severely damaged by collision with an oil tanker demolished & replaced in 1999 |
| Chesapeake Light | east of Cape Henry | VA |
1965 |
1980 |
n/a |
only Texas Tower that is still an active aid to navigation |
| Diamond Shoal Light | approx 15 mi SE of Cape Hatteras | NC |
1966 |
1977 |
2001 |
sold by government in 2012; now privately owned |
| Frying Pan Shoals Light | 29 mi SE of Southport | NC |
1966 |
1979 |
2003 |
privately owned |
| Savannah Light | off mouth of Savannah River | GA |
1964 |
1996 |
Nov 1996 |
destroyed by collision with a container ship |