with a monthly stipend of $2,000 for students in pre- and post-doctoral, or independent, research. Long-term awards are 5- 10 months with a monthly stipend of $4,000 . Research proposals must be suited to the holdings of the JCB Library, and all fellows must relocate to Providence, Rl, and be in continuous residence for the entire time of the fellowship. Details and applications are available online at www.jcbl. org. (JCB Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, Rl 02912; Ph. 4 01 863-2725) .•• Great news for the Nantucket Lightship LV-112! On 20 Ocrober the National Lighthouse Museum announced the official transfer of stewardship
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of the Nantucket Lightship, LV-112, the nations' largest floating lightship and a national landmark, to rhe newly formed United Stares Lightship Museum. The vessel, which has been berthed in Oyster Bay,
Long Island for 4 years, will be moved to Boston for restoration and then be opened as a museum honoring the li ghtship service. Ir is appropriate rhar the vessel return to Boston, since rhar was the ship's original home port. LV-112 held rhe most remote manned light station on earth, over 100 miles off the US mainland marking the treacherous Nantucket Shoals. The vessel was retired in 1975. The Nantucket Lightship LV-112 was rhe subject of the cover article in Sea History 126, Spring 2009. (www.nanruckedightshiplv- l l 2.org) Donjon Marine, a provider of marine services including marine salvage, heavy lift, dredging, and related emergency response services, has been awarded two separate contracts for salvage work on archaeological sites in Texas and New York. The US Navy awarded an archaeological sire removal contract to Donjon to perform diving, clam-shell dredging, and wreck removal services for the C ivil War gunboat, USS Westfield, that was sunk by Confederate fire during the Barde of Galveston in 1863. The sunken vessel lies in 40 feet of water in Galvesto n Bay in Texas. USS Westfield, an 822-ron sidewheel inshore gunboat, was built in 1861 in New York City as a civilian ferryboat.
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She was purchased by rhe Navy in 1861 and sent to the Gulf of Mexico in February 1862. Westfield rook an active part in the campaign to open rhe lower Mississippi River and capture New Orleans. In the fall of 1862, Westfield participated in the capture of Galvesto n. On 1 January 1863, she ran agrou nd during a Confederate arrack.
USS Westfield, sketch by R. G. Skerritt
To prevent capture, USS Westfield was blown up by her crew. The site work involves removal of C ivil War artifac ts and munitions such as shells, bullets, canno ns and other materiel, as well as dredgin g of the Bay near the wreckage. An explosives ream from the US Departmem of Defense is also involved in rhe handling of the munitions from the wreck. The sire has been determined eligible for rhe National Register of Historic Places. Donjon was also awarded a second co ntract to remove the sunken ferry ELlis lsLand. In its 50 years of service, the steam ferry transported approximately 12 million immigram s to and from
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