Record #:

2326

Author(s):

Tatge, Larisa

Abstract:

By storm or war, 3,700 ships have gone down off the state's coast since the 1500s. Cargo from them supported many coastal villages. Even today wreck sites provide interest for divers and tourists who visit and for historians who seek to preserve them.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , May/June 1995, p10-15, il

Subject(s):

Shipwrecks