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Shipwrecks in the Chesapeake Bay
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Shipwrecks
- Pollution—dispel oil and other unnatural materials into the sea
- These materials are can harm marine wildlife
- Sunken vessels stabilize on the bottom of the sea and pose minimal threat to the environment unless they are disturbed
The Cuyahoga
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Madi Ray
- In 1978, this coast guard boat was hit by a coal freighter
- Sunk quickly almost 60 feet deep
- 11 people were lost
- Last major sinking so far
The Express
- October 1878
- Steamboat headed North and hit a storm
- Anchor chains broke
- 16/31 died
Shipwrecks and War
- The Bay served as a major battleground, making water travel risky and difficult
- Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War
Other Common Causes
- Storms
- Collisions
- Ice
- Strandings
- Explosions
- Poor judgment
- FIRE
Important Shipwrecks:
- First known shipwreck
- Was off the tip of Tangier Island in the 1500s
- The name of this ship is unknown
- A German U-boat
- Black rubber skin to avoid sonar detection during World War II
- Sunk in 1948 due to explosives
- Rediscovered in 1985 by divers
- Now Maryland’s first historic shipwreck preserve
- Federally protected by the Maryland Historical Trust
The Black Panther
- More than 1800 vessels have wrecked in the Chesapeake Bay
- Many happen in the Middle Ground
- Gap between Capes Henry and Charles at the mouth of the Bay in Virginia
- Shifting sand bars
The Peggy Stewart
- Entered Annapolis port in 1774 carrying tea, a banned item at that time
- As punishment, the ship was set on fire and wrecked in the Chesapeake Bay
- Endless information about the era in which they sunk
- “Time Capsules” for historians
- Many artifacts are preserved
- The ships themselves are important to marine engineering history
- So valuable that in 1988, the Abandoned Shipwrecks Act was passed to protect sites from treasure hunters
- Provide homes for marine life like coral, etc.
- Help us further understand underwater archaeology
- Sometimes, the only remaining evidence of a society’s history
- Belonged to a ship that fought the British in the War of 1812, the Chesapeake Flotilla
- From the remains, marine archaeologists discovered important artifacts from wartime
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