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In 1921, the schooner CARROLL A. DEERING, under full sail, ran aground on the treacherous Diamond Shoals off North Carolina's coast. Lifesavers from four stations responded, but heavy seas and strong wind prevented boarding the ship for four days. When they did, rescuers found the crew had vanished without a trace.
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11411
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Torpedoed off North Carolina's Outer Banks by a German submarine on August 18, 1918, the British tanker MIRLO exploded in flames. Members of the Chicamacomico Life Saving Station responded. Brown recounts the thrilling rescue as coastguardsmen rowed through a sea of flames rescue the Mirlo's crew.
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The starfish is one of the most recognizable creatures in the state's coastal waters. Oysters inhabiting waters near starfish are in great danger, for the oyster is a prized food.
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Recipients of the Life-Saving Medal of Honor, also known as the Gold Medal, six North Carolinian men, five of whom share the same last name of Midgett, have shown bravery and courage through feats of rescue preformed off the Outer Banks.
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In 1793, the first sentence of death imposed by a federal court in the United States was passed at New Bern. Sentenced to death for mutiny on the high seas off Ocracoke Island, four sailors were ordered to be hung until dead. Shortly after passing Tybee Bar, two Frenchmen, two Englishmen, an Irishman, and an American conspired to murder the master and mate and take the ship to a northern European port.
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The historic hurricane of 1893 was one of the most destructive to hit the North Carolina coast, followed by tales of bravery and heroism throughout the state. Possibly one of the most incredible follows the exploits of Dunbar Davis, keeper of the Oak Island Life Guard Station at Ft. Caswell. Dunbar's story, related in David Stick's Graveyard of the Atlantic, tells of his rescue of the crews of five wrecked ships, working for three days without sleep, and hardly any food or water.
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Wrecked and washed onto the beach during a hurricane in September 1913, the George W. Wells, the first six-mast schooner ever built, was the largest shipwreck ever recorded on the Carolina coast. En route from Boston, MA to Fernandina, FL, the Wells washed up on a reef, 400 yards offshore Ocracoke Island.
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Harold C. Laage, a Norwegian skipper, stopped at Morehead City after an adventurous trip from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is on his way to Venezuela.
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Caught in an August hurricane in 1933, the G.A. Kohler, a four-mast schooner, now sits grounded high and dry on the Outer Banks between Little Kennekeet and Gull Shoal coastguard stations a few miles south of Oregon Inlet. Brown describes the incident and seeing the grounded vessel for the first time.
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15267
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Students and professionals studied biology and botany at various facilities on the coast. Dr. Shaftesbury began taking students from the Woman's College, U.N.C. to Beaufort and Duke University and then constructed a marine biological unit on Pivers Island at Beaufort in 1938. Resources for students and professionals included the U.S. Fishers Station, the Marine Museum, and the saltwater aquarium, as well as in the natural environment.
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The Diamond Shoals Lightship is the largest vessel of its kind and is anchored thirteen miles off Cape Hatteras and five miles from the outer edge of Diamond Shoals. Its purpose is to warn ships away from the treacherous shoals where many have foundered over the centuries. Brown recounts what the crew does aboard a ship that never sails and how they deal with hurricanes. This lightship was the only American one sunk by a German submarine during World War I.
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15388
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Carrying houses to California was done during the gold rush period of 1849. The homes were of the knock-down type and were assembled at Beaufort from where they were shipping to the west coast.
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30797
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The Pirates Jamboree in Dare County, North Carolina featured the dedication of America's first National Seashore as an opening to the season in 1958. The rapidly developing region will welcome visitors for the vacation season, providing access to historical dramas, miles of surf line and fishing spots, Wright Brothers national Monument, Elizabethan Gardens, and now, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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