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Pages in category "Shipwrecks of the Mississippi River" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Maritime law is inherently international, and although salvage laws vary from one country to another, generally there are established conditions to be met to allow a claim of salvage. [1] The vessel must be in peril, either immediate or forthcoming; the "salvor" must be acting voluntarily and under no pre-existing contract; and some life or ...
In maritime law, flotsam pertains to goods that are floating on the surface of the water as the result of a wreck or accident. One who discovers flotsam is allowed to claim it unless someone else establishes their ownership of it. [6] Even when the source is known, items may be considered flotsam claimable by the finder.
USS Regulus hard aground in 1971 due to a typhoon: after three weeks of effort, Naval salvors deemed it unsalvageable.. Marine salvage takes many forms, and may involve anything from refloating a ship that has gone aground or sunk as well as necessary work to prevent loss of the vessel, such as pumping water out of a ship—thereby keeping the ship afloat—extinguishing fires on board, to ...
Mississippi law-related lists (10 P) C. Capital punishment in Mississippi (2 C, 6 P) Courthouses in Mississippi (2 C, 6 P) Mississippi state courts (1 C, 4 P)
Blackbeard's Law; HMS Bombay (1828) HMS Breda (1654) Bridgewater (1785 EIC ship) C. Cais do Sodré shipwreck; ... List of wreck diving sites; Wrecking (shipwreck)
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An ironclad warship that was run aground by USS Mississippi in the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. CSS McRae Confederate States Navy: 28 April 1862 A gunboat that took heavy damage in a battle with USS Iroquois, and was scuttled off Algiers. MTC-602: 9 September 1965 A barge that sank in the Mississippi River during Hurricane Betsy. The ...