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2. Wrecking (shipwreck) - Wikipedia

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   Wrecking is the practice of taking valuables from a shipwreck which has foundered or run aground close to shore. Often an unregulated activity of opportunity in coastal communities, wrecking has been subjected to increasing regulation and evolved into what is now known as marine salvage.

3. Marine salvage - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Ship graveyard - Wikipedia

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   A ship graveyard, ship cemetery or breaking yard is a location where the hulls of scrapped ships are left to decay and disintegrate, or left in reserve. Such a practice is now less common due to waste regulations and so some dry docks where ships are broken (to recycle their metal and remove dangerous materials like asbestos ) are also known as ...

5. Merritt-Chapman & Scott - Wikipedia

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   Merritt-Chapman & Scott, nicknamed "The Black Horse of the Sea", was a noted marine salvage and construction firm of the United States, with worldwide operations. The chief predecessor company was founded in the 1860s by Israel Merritt, but a large number of other firms were merged in over the course of the company's history.

6. Category:Marine salvage - Wikipedia

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7. List of maritime museums in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Lower Lakes Marine Historical Society: New York: Buffalo: Buffalo Maritime Center: New York: Cape Vincent: Tibbetts Point Light: New York: Chittenango: Chittenango Landing Boat Museum: New York: Clayton: Antique Boat Museum: Y New York: Cold Spring Harbor: Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum: Y New York: Dunkirk: Dunkirk Light: New York: East Hampton