Navigation light side of the vessel, a flashing green on the starboard side of the vessel, two flashing white lights on the top and one flashing yellow on the bottom side of the fuselage. The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft also features a flashing strobe along with red and green lights. Navigation light A navigation light, also known as a running or position light, is a source of illumination on a vessel, aircraft or spacecraft. Navigation lights give information on a craft's position, heading, and status. Their placement is mandated by international conventions or civil authorities. Navigation lights are not intended to provide
Ship Shoal Light Ship Shoal Light The Ship Shoal Light is a screw-pile lighthouse located in the Gulf of Mexico southwest of the Isles Dernieres off the coast of Louisiana. It is currently abandoned. Ship Shoal (known as Ship Island Shoal in early maps) is a bar running east-west in the open waters of the gulf. The Louisiana state legislature petitioned congress for a light to be erected on this hazard in 1848, but instead of a fixed tower, a lightship was provided instead. This vessel, the "Pleasonton", was named after Stephen Pleasonton, who was in charge of the lighthouse service at the