Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals: The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering

Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals: The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering
ISBN-10
0807856177
ISBN-13
9780807856178
Category
History
Pages
262
Language
English
Published
2005-04-01
Publisher
UNC Press Books
Author
Bland Simpson

Description

In the misty dawn of January 31, 1921, a Coast Guardsman on watch at the Cape Hatteras Life-Saving Station sighted a mighty five-masted schooner, all sails set, wrecked on the treacherous Diamond Shoals. Rescuers rushed to the ship, but when they arrived

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