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The treacherous Diamond Shoals off the North Carolina coastline have claimed many ships. In 1921, the Carroll A. Deering fell victim to them. The crew vanished without a trace; only three ship's cats were found. The incident remains one of the state's maritime mysteries.
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In 1921, off the coast of North Carolina, the schooner Carroll A. Deering fell victim to the treacherous waters of Diamond Shoals. Lifesavers from four stations responded, but heavy seas and strong wind prevented their boarding the ship for four days. When they did, rescuers found the crew had vanished without a trace. Only three ship's cats were found. The vessel was built at Bath, Maine, in 1919, and was 255 feet long. Total value was $275,000.
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7584
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The German ship Brewster was one of the largest ships to go aground on Diamond Shoals. When the ship, carrying a crew of thirty-three, grounded on November 29, 1909, three lifesaving crews responded. It was impossible for the rescuers to board, because seas were breaking over the ship, yet they managed to rescue the entire crew. Eleven medals of honor were awarded to the rescuers in the incident.
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29883
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Accounts of shipwrecks and rescues along the Outer Banks are often dramatic, and the rescue of the ANNA May is no exception. The fishing trawler went aground on Diamond Shoals in 1931. As the vessel sank, the crew of 5 were stranded clinging just above the breakers. Surviving over night, the crew were reached by Cape Hatteras Coast Guard lifeboats the following morning just as the mast broke into the waters.
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13846
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The three-mast ship Ephraim William grounded on Diamond Shoals during a storm on December 16th, 1884. Sailing from Savannah, Georgia, to Providence, Rhode Island, with a cargo of lumber, a crew of 9 men was left stranded aboard the grounded vessel. Surf men from the Cape Hatteras, Cape Kinnakeet, and Creeds Hill Lifesaving Stations, saved the crew of the Ephraim Williams and earned Gold Life Saving Medals awarded by the Secretary of the United States Treasury.
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13668
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The Ariosto struck a reef on Christmas Eve, and solely because of fright, her crew needlessly was lost.
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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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The schooner Carroll M. Deering ran aground on the Diamond Shoals off the North Carolina Coast in February 1921. When the Coast Guard arrived, the crew and captain were not on board. Many theories were put forth, but none of them could answer the mystery disappearance. Now Captain Charles O. Peele, who was a Chief Boatswain at the time and among the rescuers who boarded the schooner presents his own theory.
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