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Hidden History of Maritime New Jersey

December 23, 2021 By

$22.00

By Captain Stephen J. Nagiewicz:  An estimated three thousand shipwrecks lie off the coast of New Jersey – but these icy waters hold more mysteries than sunken hulls.  Ancient arrowheads found on the shoreline of Sandy Hook reveal Native American settlement before the land was flooded by melting glaciers.  In 1854, 240 passengers of the New Era clipper ship met their fate off Deal Beach.  Nobody knows what happened to two hydrogen bombs the United States Air Force lost near Atlantic City in 1957.  Lessons from such tragic wrecks and dangerous missteps urged the development of safer ships and the U.S. Coast Guard.  Captain Stephen D. Nagiewicz uncovers curious tales of storms, heroism and oddities from New Jersey’s maritime past.

 

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