I recently received the following from the Chesapeake Chapter USLHS

* The organization, Carolina Ocean Studies, will be conducting a
"Farewell
to the Tower" tour to Frying Pan Shoal Light Tower to commemorate the
role
lightships and light towers (and the men that served aboard them) have
played as sentinels of the shoals for nearly 200 years. This tour
will
take place on Sunday, October 26 departing from Carolina Beach, NC.

This will be the last chance to visit the Light Tower (one of the very
last
Texas style towers still operating) before it is dismantled. If we
have
enough interest, we will have addition excursions to Frying Pan Shoal
Light
Tower in November. It is scheduled to be dismantled before the end
of the
year.
Individuals whom were among the last to serve aboard the Tower before
she it
was automated will join the tour.
A description of the Tower's history and information on the "Farewell
trip"
to the Tower is available from: Richard Cecelski, Director, Carolina
Ocean
Studies
P.O. Box 550, Carolina Beach, NC 28428 voice: 910-458-5155 fax:
910-458-9333
email: cosrichard@charterinternet.com