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The bay was listed as an archaeological and historic district on the National Register of Historic Places on April 24, 2015, [12] and was included in the Mallows Bay–Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary on September 3, 2019. [5] Among the most prominent ships seen at Mallows Bay is the S.S. Accomac. [13] [14] [15]
The Mallows Bay–Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary [1] is a National Marine Sanctuary in the United States located in the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland. [2] It is best known for the "Ghost Fleet," 118 historic shipwrecks in Mallows Bay in the sanctuary's northeast corner which is the largest shipwreck fleet in the Western ...
A World War I poster for the US Shipping Board, ca. 1917–18.. The Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) was established by the United States Shipping Board, sometimes referred to as the War Shipping Board, on 16 April 1917 [1] pursuant to the Shipping Act (39 Stat. 729) to acquire, maintain, and operate merchant ships to meet national defense, foreign and domestic commerce during World War I.
The State of Maryland placed Mallows Bay in a protected status in 2002, and in September 3, 2019 the bay became part of the Mallows Bay–Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary. [2] The sunken hulls of dozens of the ships still are visible at low tide at Mallows Bay, and they are regarded as the "largest shipwreck fleet in the Western Hemisphere."
The sanctuary also participated in the creation of a podcast and digital short promoting tourism in the communities along Wisconsin′s mid-Lake Michigan coast [16] and co-sponsored a hands-on learning experience about marine technology and archaeology for 20 Wisconsin teachers from the Manitowoc-Two Rivers area, Milwaukee, and Green Bay. [16]
The Mallows Bay wrecks Includes as many as 152 World War I-era merchant ships abandoned after the salvage company went bankrupt. U-1105 Kriegsmarine: 19 September 1949 A Type VII-C/41 U-boat that was wrecked off Piney Point
Mallows Bay–Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary, which protects the "Ghost Fleet" in Mallows Bay Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ghost fleet .
USS Nokomis (SP-609) was a yacht purchased by the U.S. Navy during World War I.The yacht was purchased from Horace E. Dodge of Detroit, Michigan, after he had the yacht luxuriously fitted out but before he could make use of his second Nokomis — the first having already gone into service.