Diamond Shoals

Location

• diamond shoals is located of the coast of the outter banks.
• the coordinates is 35912N7548W{1}.
• diamond shoals was first lit in 1966 and deactivated in 2001.
• it is 13 miles away from cape hatteras.
• 26 miles away from the outter banks.

CHARACTERISTICS

• there shape is a white square
• the height is 120 ft
• https://youtu.be/YFVa29Zux0c
• it has 4 rusted trusses
• it has 1 small light house on the top of the deck

history

• diamond has its own battle ship
• the cost of diamond shoals was $485,000
• a man bought it for 10,000 in 1989
• the man abandoned it when he thought it was Haunted
• it was later bought it 2010

why is it famous

• it has a ship called the ghost ship.
• its 13 miles off of cape hatteras.
• it has its own battle ship called diamond.
• it is known for its resturants and its battle ships used for ww1 AND ww2.
• NOBODY CAN VISIT IT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TRESPASSING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
• DIAMOND SHAOLS IS VERY RUSTY BECAUSE OF THE WAVES THAT HITS THE TRUSS PILARS SO PEOPLE COME TO CLEAN OF THE RUST ON IT.
• THE DECK OF IT IS WIDE WITH NOTHING ON IT, THE LIGHT HOUSE ON IT HAS RUSTY STAIRS AND HAS A ELETRIC BOX THAT USED TO POWER THE LIGHT ON IT.
• IT WAS THE MAIN PLACE THE AMERICANS WOULD STAY AT DURING WAR.
• IT HAS A TWIN NAMED FRYING PAN SHOALS.
• DIAMOND SHOALS ISNT A LIGHTHOUSE ITS A LIGHT STATION.
• NOBODY KNOWS WHO ORIGINALLY OWNED DIAMOND SHOALS BUT A MAN BY THE NAME Dave Schneider BOUGHT IT FOR $20,000
• it was abandoned before Dave Schneider bought it.

INTERESTING FACTS

• the diamond shoals battle ship was called the lv-64.
• it has a twin named frying pan shoals.
• diamond shoals is located in nc and frying pan shoals is located in new york.
• people come with research crews to clean off some rust on the trusses.