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Sankaty Light Sighted at Sea Forty-seven Miles Away
WHILE IN COMMAND of the U.S.S. Wasp, the great aircraft carrier, Captain J. S. Gillooly, U. S. N., sighted Sankaty Light while over 47 miles at sea, when approaching the coast on a homeward passage. A letter received from him several weeks ago further explains the situation, and reads as follows:
"In September of 1970, my wife and I visited friends living on Nantucket Island and went through your Museum. While there, I noticed a sign that indicated some ship at sea had seen the Sankaty head light at some distance. "I was then the Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp and we had, earlier in the month of Sep tember, passed Sankaty head light and had identified her at a considerable greater distance than you had recorded. When we returned to the ship, I instructed my navigator to examine his log and to prepare the enclosed memorandum. "As will happen, I never got around to sending this to you. In keeping with the saying'Better late than never', please use this memorandum as you see fit. Sincerely, J.F. Gillooly Captain, US Navy (Retired)"
