The Barnegat Lightship comes with the sale of the Pyne Poynt Marina.
The commissioners voted unanimously to buy the seven-acre parcel for $633,000 from Anna G. Sadler. The acquisition is being funded through a mix of county funds and 50% reimbursement through the state’s Green Acres program, a county spokesman said.
“It’s a magnificent property,” said Commissioner Jeff Nash, who is the board liaison to the Camden County Parks Department. “Credit Annie Sadler. She had other offers, but she wanted this to be her husband’s legacy.” Nash said the future of the Barnegat has yet to be determined, but he would like to preserve the vessel, which guided ships along the Jersey coast for 60 years and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Advances in technology – mainly in the form of satellite and GPS – ultimately rendered lightships obsolete, and the Barnegat was decommissioned in 1967. Three years later, the Coast Guard gave the ship to the Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild, which docked the Barnegat at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia. The ship was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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