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Essex

Shipwreck Essex
Type:
shipwreck, steamer
Built:
1890, Cramp Shipbuilding, Philadelphia PA USA
Specs:
( 272 x 40 ft ) 3018 tons
Sunk:
Thursday September 25, 1941
ran aground on Block Island - no casualties
Depth:
30 ft

bow, boilers, hull plates & ribs

Notice the American flags painted on the hull. America was still neutral in World War II when the Essex was lost.

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