Digital collection containing images from the LT 221 wreckage site and .htm files from an original website documenting the discovery of the wreck.
The LT 221 is an American tug boat named for its classification: Lts – Longer Tugs. Longer tug boats assisted large ships in and out of port during World War II. The LT 221 was built in 1943 by the Marietta Company at Pleasant, WV. The tub boat sank in 1944 on the Gulf of Cagliari offshore from Cape S. Elia due to a mine.
This collection contains digital images from the LT 221 wreckage site. The images show the boat's final resting place in the Gulf of Cagliari offshore from the Cape S. Elia, Italy. Also included are .htm files which recreate portions of the original website doucmenting the discovery. They include a map with the location of the wreckage, along with additional marine archaelogical sites in Italy, as well as a webpage dcoumenting the history of the LT 221, a written description of wreck as it sat upon its discovery, and the diving card documenting the conditions of sea, ocean floor, water temperature, depth, visibilty, and other conditions at the time of the discovery. The digital files were provided by the donor stored on a compact disc.
Gift of Andrea Concas
Encoded by Mark Custer, March 17, 2008
Updated by John Dunning, 2024
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