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Black Sunday

U-151's path from Isabel B Wiley to Carolina

Carolina
Edward H Cole
Isabel B Wiley
Jacob M Haskell
Texel
Winneconne

The U-151 was the first German U-boat to operate in U.S. territory in World War I. The U-151 is not actually sunk in these waters ( it was sunk deep off Virginia after the war, ) but it did "contribute" the following six shipwrecks, all on the same day, Sunday, June 2, 1918:

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Carolina

Type:: shipwreck, liner, USA
Built:: 1896, Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News VA USA, as La Grande Duchesse
Specs:: ( 380 x 47 ft ) 5017 gross tons, 330 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Sunday June 2, 1918
shelled by U-151 - 13 casualties
Depth:: 250 ft

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Edward H Cole

Type:: shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:: 1904, Cobb Butler & Co, Rockland ME USA
Specs:: ( 228 x 43 ft ) 1791 gross tons
Sunk:: Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties
Depth:: 185 ft

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Isabel B Wiley

Type:: shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:: 1901, Goss & Sawyer, Rockland Me USA
Specs:: ( 226 x 43 ft ) 1778 gross tons
Sunk:: Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties
Depth:: 200 ft

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Jacob M Haskell

Type:: shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:: 1901, Cobb Butler & Co, Rockland ME USA
Specs:: ( 226 x 43 ft ) 1778 gross tons
Sunk:: Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties
Depth:: 200 ft

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Texel

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, USA
Name:: Texel is the easternmost of the Frisian islands off the coast of Holland, which are similar to our own barrier islands.
Built:: 1913, Denmark
Specs:: ( 331 x 48 ft ) 3220 gross tons, 36 crew
Sunk:: Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties
Depth:: 230 ft

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Winneconne

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, USA
Name:: Named for a town in eastern Wisconsin?
Built:: 1907, England, as Hogland
Specs:: ( 271 x 39 ft ) 1869 gross tons
Sunk:: Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties
Depth:: 220 ft

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Northern Water Snake

Nerodia sipedon

Size: to 42"

Habitat: in and around water

Notes: Not poisonous, but likely to bite if caught, with sharp, needle-like teeth. These snakes retreat into the water at the slightest disturbance, and are excellent swimmers, although they show no particular adaptations to it like oceanic sea snakes. Common small harmless Garter snakes are also often found around water. Most sport some variation of an attractive pattern of yellow/black stripes.

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