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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Recovered Shipwreck Found In Assateague Surf; Officials Report It’s Discovered ‘On A Regular Basis’

ASSATEAGUE — Some visitors to Assateague this week were treated to a rare opportunity this week when the remains of an unknown shipwreck were uncovered in the surf in the Over-sand Vehicle (OSV) area.

Hundreds of shipwrecks have been researched and identified over the years off the coast of Assateague as well as the Maryland and Virginia coasts and remains and artifacts are often uncovered at times of changing tides and shifting sands along the migratory barrier island. Many more have been reported in dated newspaper accounts and other documents over a couple of centuries, but have not been discovered or researched.


This week, the remains of an unidentified vessel were revealed in the surf line along Assateague in the OSV area at Mile 18. Assateague officials are uncertain of the age or origin of the heavy timbers that stuck out of the sand in the surf, according to Assateague National Seashore Chief of Interpretation and Education Rachelle Daigneault.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

It was a horse transport ship bringing horses to Assateague.

Anonymous said...

Incredible that some could have been like the Spanish Galeon that sailed to OC.

Anonymous said...

1200 to 1492 Drug Runner from South America.

Anonymous said...

1:09-That's a very interesting point.The horses ended up on Assateague as we all know,supposedly from a shipwrecked galleon where they swam ashore.But were they actually intended to be put on Assateague before the ship sunk or did it just happen?

Anonymous said...

They knew there was going to be a park there from the beginning.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
They knew there was going to be a park there from the beginning.

August 31, 2013 at 4:24 PM

LOL