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A schooner sunk by British forces near New Orleans. USS Covington United States Navy: 5 May 1864 A gunboat that was scuttled to prevent capture off Alexandria. El Cazador Spain: 1784 A Spanish brig carrying silver currency, sank 50 miles (80 km) south of New Orleans, discovered by a fishing trawler in 1993. El Nuevo Constante Spain: September 1766
Astoria was the first New Orleans-class cruiser to be laid down but launched after and received a hull number higher than the lead ship New Orleans. Immediately after the months-long Guadalcanal campaign ended in February 1943, the remaining ships of the class would go through major overhauls to lessen top-heaviness due to new electrical and ...
The Hawaiʻi Undersea Military Munitions Assessment (HUMMA) project led by Margo Edwards consisted of 16 dives in 2009 and 14 dives in 2012. [16] Although HURL has observed thousands of pieces of ordnance of numerous types over the past decades, the primary weapon of interest for this project was the M41A2 100-pound mustard gas bombs of which ...
This dive is becoming less common, as the rapid deterioration of the wreck is making diving more difficult on top of the already treacherous dive to reach the vessel. SS Arratoon Apcar – 19th-century British steamship that is now a wreck in Florida; SMS Geier – Unprotected cruiser of the German Imperial Navy
Hurricane Ida: The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority passenger ferry broke from moorings and ran aground in the Mississippi River. Scheduled to be refloated when safe. [130] UBC Tampico Cyprus: Hurricane Ida: The bulk carrier went aground during the hurricane at the Port of South Louisiana near La Place, Louisiana. [125] Unknown barge
A container ship that ran aground on Astrolabe Reef, resulting in New Zealand's worst oil spill. The wreck broke apart and sank in January 2012. HMS Sandfly Royal Navy: 1868 A passenger paddle steamer used as a gunboat during the New Zealand Wars.
Now there’s one wreck lying next to the other wreck for the same damn reason.” Pakistani businessman survived ‘plane plunge’ in 2019, says wife 05:15 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
Built in 1938, YO-257 saw action in World War II, the Korean War, and in the Vietnam War. [3]From 16 September to 12 November 1963 the ship was temporarily loaned to the Coast Guard to assist in the construction of a LORAN radio navigation station in Yap, Western Carolines, carrying water-based asphalt to be used for a runway for aircraft servicing the station.