United States lightship Relief
United States lightship Relief is a lightvessel now serving as a museum ship in Oakland, California. Built in 1950, she is one of a small number of surviving lightships, and one of an even smaller number built specifically for the United States Coast Guard.Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: lightvessel
- Also known as: “Lightship Relief”, “Lightship WAL-605, Relief”, and “WLV-605”
- Address: Jack London Square, Oakland, CA 94607
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yoshi’s and Oakland–Jack London Square station.
Yoshi’s
Nightclub
Yoshi's is a nightclub located in Jack London Square in Oakland, California, United States. The venue originally opened in 1972 as a restaurant in Berkeley, later moving to Claremont Avenue in Oakland. Yoshi’s is situated 620 feet east of United States lightship Relief.
Oakland–Jack London Square station
Railway station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oakland–Jack London Square station is a train station in Jack London Square of Oakland, California, United States. The station is served by Amtrak's Capitol Corridor, Coast Starlight, and Gold Runner trains. Oakland–Jack London Square station is situated 2,700 feet east of United States lightship Relief.
10th Street Market
Marketplace
Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
10th Street Market, also known as the Swan's Market, Oakland Free Market or the Sanitary Free Market, was a commercial market district in Oakland, California. 10th Street Market is situated 2,800 feet northeast of United States lightship Relief.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jack London Square and Old Oakland.
Jack London Square
Neighborhood
Photo: Arminnius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jack London Square is a neighborhood on the waterfront of Oakland, California, United States. Named after the author Jack London and owned by the Port of Oakland, it is the home of stores, restaurants, hotels, Amtrak's Jack London Square station, a San…
Old Oakland
Neighborhood
Old Oakland is a historic district in downtown Oakland, California. The area is located on the northwest side of Broadway, between the City Center complex and the Jack London Square district, and across Broadway from Chinatown.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Daniel Olsen, CC BY 2.5.
The Chinatown neighborhood in Oakland, California, is traditionally Chinese which reflects Oakland's diverse Chinese American, and more broadly Asian American community.
United States lightship Relief
- Categories: lightvessel, preserved watercraft, ship, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.79569° or 37° 47′ 45″ northLongitude
-122.28062° or 122° 16′ 50″ westInception
1950Open location code
849VQPW9+7QOpenStreetMap ID
way 170937282OpenStreetMap feature
building=shipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=shipOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7892546
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In Other Languages
From French to Persian—“United States lightship Relief” goes by many names.
- French: “Relief”
- Persian: “کشتی رلیف ایالات متحده (WLV-605)”
- Persian: “کشتی رلیف ایالات متحده”
- “Relief”
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Highlights include Oakland Police Department and Oakland Fire Station 2.
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