United States lightship Relief

United States lightship Relief is a lightvessel now serving as a museum ship in . 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.
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  • 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.

Nightclub
Yoshi's is a nightclub located in in , . The venue originally opened in 1972 as a restaurant in , later moving to in Oakland. is situated 620 feet east of United States lightship Relief.

Railway station
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is a train station in of , United States. The station is served by Amtrak's Capitol Corridor, Coast Starlight, and Gold Runner trains. is situated 2,700 feet east of United States lightship Relief.

Marketplace
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, also known as the Swan's Market, Oakland Free Market or the Sanitary Free Market, was a commercial market district in . is situated 2,800 feet northeast of United States lightship Relief.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jack London Square and Old Oakland.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood on the waterfront of , , United States. Named after the author Jack London and owned by the Port of Oakland.

Neighborhood
is a historic district in downtown . The area is located on the northwest side of Broadway, between the City Center complex and the district, and across Broadway from .

Neighborhood
Photo: Daniel Olsen, CC BY 2.5.
The neighborhood in , is traditionally Chinese which reflects Oakland's diverse Chinese American, and more broadly Asian American community.

United States lightship Relief

Latitude
37.79569° or 37° 47′ 45″ north
Longitude
-122.28062° or 122° 16′ 50″ west
Inception
1950
Open location code
849VQPW9+7Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 170937282
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data 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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