James A. Garfield (ship)
James A. Garfield was an American three-masted
Gulf coast of Florida
.
James A. Garfield transported
.On August 1, 1899,
St. George Island and the Apalachee Bay area, causing massive damage to some 15 ships moored at Dog Island, Florida.[1][2]
James A. Garfield remained intact with cargo still aboard but was beached and surrounded by other wrecks, making it economically unfeasible to refloat her.
Sources
- ^ PhD dissertation, Christopher Horrell, Florida State University, Chapter 5 Archived 2011-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Meide et al. 2000 Dog Island Shipwreck Survey 1999: Report of Historical and Archaeological Investigations, FSU Program in Underwater Archaeology Research Reports No. 4 (Can be viewed or downloaded as a pdf)
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