So this thread is a bit of an odd topic. I'd like to bring up those ships that have been left to rot right off the shore somewhere, be it from abandonment, wreckage, ownership issues. This does not include (mostly) healthy ships docked at harbor but out of use such as the SS United States among others, but ships that have decayed well beyond salvaging or reuse.
First is the Dead Fleet of Philadelphia, a set of sailing cargo ships that found themselves utterly outdated in 1920's and their owners bankrupt by the 30's. They sat and sank, but only after claiming the life of a boy. Little remains of these above water but their frames cane be seen and trees grow out of one of the hulls.
2nd is the SS Atlantus, one of the infamous Concrete Ships designed during WW1 with the idea of saving on steel materials. They weren't very successful and most were repurposed or mothballed after the war. The Atlantus broke loose during a storm and got wedged off the coast of Cape May, NJ, where it decays slowly over time.
Similar to the Atlantus is the SS Palo Alto, which was towed onto a dock in the Monteray Bay near Aptos with the intention of being a tourist attraction. It failed in the concept and was soon abandoned. There it has slowly decayed.
In the gone but not forgotted is the Mary Murray which was a Staten Island Ferryboat that had been left in the Raritan River by its owner after his efforts to repurpose the craft failed. It was visible from the NJ Turnpike but was finally scrapped 10 years ago.
I'm sure there's hundreds of examples, especially of more modern metal freighters sitting on beachs after a bad storm, but lets see if we can find the interesting examples!
First is the Dead Fleet of Philadelphia, a set of sailing cargo ships that found themselves utterly outdated in 1920's and their owners bankrupt by the 30's. They sat and sank, but only after claiming the life of a boy. Little remains of these above water but their frames cane be seen and trees grow out of one of the hulls.
2nd is the SS Atlantus, one of the infamous Concrete Ships designed during WW1 with the idea of saving on steel materials. They weren't very successful and most were repurposed or mothballed after the war. The Atlantus broke loose during a storm and got wedged off the coast of Cape May, NJ, where it decays slowly over time.
Similar to the Atlantus is the SS Palo Alto, which was towed onto a dock in the Monteray Bay near Aptos with the intention of being a tourist attraction. It failed in the concept and was soon abandoned. There it has slowly decayed.
In the gone but not forgotted is the Mary Murray which was a Staten Island Ferryboat that had been left in the Raritan River by its owner after his efforts to repurpose the craft failed. It was visible from the NJ Turnpike but was finally scrapped 10 years ago.
I'm sure there's hundreds of examples, especially of more modern metal freighters sitting on beachs after a bad storm, but lets see if we can find the interesting examples!
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