1972 SHIP ISLAND LIGHT - Gulfport, Mississippi accidently destroyed by fire.

The 1886 lighthouse at this site was accidentally destroyed by fire in 1972, after being replaced by a steel skeleton tower the previous year. A replica of the 1886 tower has been constructed by the Friends of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. The nearby 80-foot skeleton tower remains an active aid to navigation (it also displays the Ship Island Range Rear Light and a red range daybeacon) and the replica is also an active private aid to navigation. NOTE: THE 2000 replica lighthouse was reported lost in Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005.

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