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The unnamed C4-S-A1-design transport was laid down under a United States Maritime Commission contract (MC Hull No. 702) on 22 February 1943 at Richmond, California, by Kaiser Co., Inc., Yard 3; named General Harry Taylor (AP-145) on 2 October 1943; launched on 10 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Mamie M. McHugh; acquired by the Navy on 29 March 1944; placed in ferry commission on 1 April 1944 ...
Washington (also Lady Washington) Wooden sloop 1797 1803 On November 6, 1803, the Canadian sloop departed Niagara, Ontario, bound for Kingston, Ontario. She disappeared in a severe storm with the loss of all on board. Wreckage from Washington washed up on the coast of New York near Oswego on November 7. Her wreck, discovered near Oswego in June ...
Lost Reef Adventures dive instructor Thomas Aaron Faulkenberry, 44, of Stock Island, was last seen after a 9:20 a.m. dive in the area of the Vandenberg wreck, about seven miles south of Key West ...
This dive is becoming less common, as the rapid deterioration of the wreck is making diving more difficult on top of the already treacherous dive to reach the vessel. SS Arratoon Apcar – 19th-century British steamship that is now a wreck in Florida; SMS Geier – Unprotected cruiser of the German Imperial Navy
The tragedy happened two days after the U.S. Coast Guard called off a search for a diving instructor who disappeared last week while diving a shipwreck, the U.S.S. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, farther ...
Pages in category "Shipwrecks of the Washington coast" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Edmonds Underwater Park (EUP) is a local classic scuba diving site in the northern Seattle, Washington suburb of Edmonds immediately north of the Edmonds Washington State Ferry terminal on the Edmonds-Kingston route. EUP is relatively shallow with a maximum depth of about 45 feet (14 m).
The wreck of War Hawk, a clipper ship which burned and sank in 1883, is a popular dive site in the bay, near Mill Point. [2] The U.S. Federal Census of 1860 designated Port Discovery as one of three enumeration districts in Jefferson County. The indigenous people were not counted for this census. The total population was 70, and all but one ...