A number of vessels served as the Pollock Rip Lightship first located to mark the junction of Pollock Rip and Pollock Rip Slue channels.
The area was heavily used and subject to heavy fog.
The station was not occupied between February 16 and October 16, 1924 and was replaced by a buoy 1942 — 1945.
[1] In addition to the light the vessels were equipped with fog bells, horns, guns and sirens over the 120 years of operation.
In 1928 the vessels were equipped with a radio beacon coded -..- for recognition.