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Admiral DuPont

Shipwreck Admiral Dupont
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:
1847, England, as Anglia
Specs:
( 195 x 28 ft ) 750 gross tons, 50 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Thursday June 8, 1865
collision with ship Stadacona - 17 casualties
Depth:
150 ft

The wreckage at the location plotted is a likely match for the iron-hulled side-wheel steamship Admiral Dupont. There is no hard proof of this, but a mountain of circumstantial evidence makes it hard not to be.

The wreck lies within the boundaries of the Deepwater Artificial Reef. It was not a widely-known site when the reef was planned. The wreck was long known as the "offshore paddlewheeler".

The Admiral DuPont was originally the Confederate blockade runner Anglia. Anglia was caught by the Union Navy, who took the ship as a prize and renamed it after Admiral Samuel DuPont.

Shipwreck Admiral Dupont New York Times
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https://academia.edu/5292541/ MID_ATLANTIC_DEEPWATER_SHIPWRECK STUDY_SIDE_WHEEL_PADDLE_STEAMER_ADMIRAL_DUPONT_1847_1865

https://academia.edu/5292562/Steinmetz_2013 Admiral_DuPont_in_ACUA_Proceedings_2012

Admiral DuPont

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Starfish (Sea Star)

Starfish

Starfish or Sea Stars are found on any solid structure, from inter-tidal rocks to deep wrecks. They are so common that one forgets just how bizarre they really are. These animals have 5-way body symmetry *, hydraulic tube feet, and ejects their stomach through their mouth to feed. ( Oddly, the planktonic larvae have bilateral symmetry, like higher animals. ) The "eye" is called a madreporite, and is actually the exhaust vent for the hydraulic system. They are capable of regenerating an entire animal from just a fragment. Starfish come in a rainbow of colors from yellow to lavender.

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