Tag: Boats

‘Muroc Maru’, 28 August 1944, Rogers Dry Lake, Southern California.
A 200 meters wooden replica of a Japanese Atago-class heavy cruiser (dubbed the Muroc Maru) was constructed during 1943 on this lakebed for skip-bombing practice. The bright Sand dunes, under certain conditions, created the illusion of water. [Edwards Air Force Base History Office]

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The schooner Estelle S. Nunam shipwreck, Cape Cod, May 17, 1910. After unloading a cargo of gasoline onto a barge, a crewman aboard the schooner Estelle S. Nunam lit…

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SS Tomki shipwreck,1907. A mystery shipwreck discovered at Lighthouse Beach in Ballina (Au) in Sep. 2010 is probably SS Tomki.

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C.P.R.Co. S.S. Princess may wrecked on Sentinel Is., Alaska, August 5, 1910 Photo: Case, W. H. (William Howard)

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Wreck of the American Ship “General Grant” on Auckland Islands, May 14, 1866. Originally printed in Harper’s Weekly on May 16, 1868.