Ship Island Lighthouse, Mississippi

Ship Island, not far from Biloxi and Gulfport, has an attractive lighthouse by Fort Massachusetts.  It was originally built in 1853 and used a whale oil lamp; but a Fresnel lens was installed in 1856.

The original lighthouse was destroyed during the Civil War; but it was replaced with a square tower afterwards.  In 1969 Hurricane Camille cut Ship Island in half; and a few years later the old lighthouse was destroyed.