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This page is a stub about Lightship LV-70, which in 1899 transmitted the historic first ship-to-shore wireless communication outside of England and played a large role in the harbour life around San Francisco Bay between 1896 and 1932.

Page development: Stage 1- The history of the transmission Stage 2- Brief history of the vessel and Lightships Stage 3- summary, image and editing. Stage 4- standardise against other lightship and Spanish-American war articles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lightships_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightship_Nantucket http://www.uscglightshipsailors.org/san_francisco_lightship_station_history.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Yard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_lightship_LV-117 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Lighthouse_Service

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HnZRwXzjNnMC&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=%22Sherman+is+sighted%22&source=bl&ots=ffqiSuWPR6&sig=nndnW5QvGAFS3aCu0KyM6iwmZbY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2ONxU5PmJ8iv7Qa69IC4CQ&ved=0CF8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Sherman%20is%20sighted%22&f=false pp.103 www.aos.wisc.edu/~hopkins/oceans/sum_11/DSOsu11news17.html http://www.antiqueradio.com/Dec03_Bourbin_FirstWireless.html http://www.wired.com/2011/08/0823first-us-ship-to-shore-radio-signal/ http://www.sfarc.org/CHRSSFARC.pdf http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/this-day-in-geek-history-august-23