The Wreck of the USS New Hampshire/Granite State-- Part 1

In the earlier entry today, I mentioned that the USS New Hampshire/Granite State caught fire and sank in 1921. I did a follow up on it, and even though it had nothing to do with the War of 1812, I will write about it in this blog as a follow up.

From the Shipwreck Expo site.

The New Hampshire was 208-feet long, 51-foot beam and weighed 2633 tons.

In May 1921, the ship caught fire and burned into a smouldering hulk and sank in New York City. In August, the charred hull was sold for scrap. In July 1922, the hull was raised and taken in tow to Eastport, Maine. While being towed, another fire started..

The tug rescued the two men aboard, but the fire finished off the old ship which drifted onto shoals at Graves Island, Massachusetts.

Its remains are scattered in 10-40 feet of water. Divers can find copper spikes that were hand-wrought ay Paul Revere's factory. The "US" stamped on their shanks indicate approval of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships.

--Sad End to a Grand Old Ship. --Brock-Perry