When it comes to famous ships from the history of the Cape Fear Coast, one of the most storied is the United States lightship Frying Pan, also known as Lightship No. 115 or the Frying Pan lightship.

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — More than 30 miles off the Brunswick County coast stands a piece of Cape Fear history. Frying Pan Tower rises 135 feet above the Atlantic Ocean, once serving as an ...

FRYING PAN SHOALS, NC (WWAY) — More than 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina, in the midst of seemingly never ending ocean, sits a steel structure that one man, with the help of countless ...

Frying Pan Tower was built in 1964 to help ships avoid the dangerous Frying Pan Shoals. It was decommissioned in 2004 when GPS on ships made it obsolete, but volunteers and tourists can pay to work or ...

FRYING PAN SHOALS, N.C. (WITN) - Probably the best place to see Hurricane Erin pass by North Carolina is about 39 miles off Cape Fear. The Frying Pan Tower’s camera, hosted by explore.org, is sending ...

“Send him up!” a fisherman says into his radio as I sit precariously on the bow of his boat, bobbing in the cold swells of the Atlantic, more than 30 miles from shore. A wooden plank beneath me ...