S.S. Atlantus - Concrete Ship, grounded in 1926 at Sunset Beach, Cape May Point - New Jersey, USA - This photo: 1957 - Selected for EXPLORE
Ross B. Care, Edithe L. Care. Sunset Beach. Photo by my dad, Ross J. Care
Cape May Point (and Sunset Beach) are on the southern tip of New Jersey where the Atlantic ocean meets the Delaware Bay. At Sunset Beach you can see the sunset over the water, which of course you cannot over the ocean on the east coast.
The Atlantus is beached primarily in the mouth of bay, thus there is not much surf (as seen here). That probably helped preserve the ship though it eventually did break apart and there is not much left of it today.
The sign is for boat insurance, Someone had a sense of humor.
SEE ALSO: www.flickr.com/photos/23956233@N04/7405733266/in/pool-cap...
The beach, which runs north along the bay from Sunset is also a spawning ground for the primitive horseshoe crab, one of which I am holding in this photo.
Photo by Ross J. Care from an original Kodachrome color transparency.
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From Concrete ships.org:
The S. S. Atlantus is probably the most famous concrete ship. She was built by the Liberty Ship Building Company in Brunswick, Georgia and launched on December 5, 1918 and was the second concrete ship constructed in the World War I Emergency Fleet.
In 1926, the Atlantus was purchased by Colonel Jesse Rosenfeld to be used as ferry dock in Cape May, New Jersey for a proposed ferry between Cape May and Cape Henlopen, DE. The plan was to dig a channel into to the shore where the Atlantus would be placed.
In March 1926, the groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the construction of the ferry dock. The Atlantus was repaired and towed to Cape May. On June 8th, a storm hit and the ship broke free of her moorings and ran aground 150 feet off the coast of Sunset Beach. Several attempts were made to free the ship, but none were successful.
Since then the Atlantus has become a tourist attraction seen by millions. People used to swim out to the ship and dive off, until one young man drowned.
At one time, a billboard was also placed on the ship. (See both photos).
Starting in the late 50's, the ship began to split apart in the midsection. Only a fragment of it remains today.
Would you like to know more?
www.concreteships.org/ships/ww1/atlantus/
S.S. Atlantus - Concrete Ship, grounded in 1926 at Sunset Beach, Cape May Point - New Jersey, USA - This photo: 1957 - Selected for EXPLORE
Ross B. Care, Edithe L. Care. Sunset Beach. Photo by my dad, Ross J. Care
Cape May Point (and Sunset Beach) are on the southern tip of New Jersey where the Atlantic ocean meets the Delaware Bay. At Sunset Beach you can see the sunset over the water, which of course you cannot over the ocean on the east coast.
The Atlantus is beached primarily in the mouth of bay, thus there is not much surf (as seen here). That probably helped preserve the ship though it eventually did break apart and there is not much left of it today.
The sign is for boat insurance, Someone had a sense of humor.
SEE ALSO: www.flickr.com/photos/23956233@N04/7405733266/in/pool-cap...
The beach, which runs north along the bay from Sunset is also a spawning ground for the primitive horseshoe crab, one of which I am holding in this photo.
Photo by Ross J. Care from an original Kodachrome color transparency.
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From Concrete ships.org:
The S. S. Atlantus is probably the most famous concrete ship. She was built by the Liberty Ship Building Company in Brunswick, Georgia and launched on December 5, 1918 and was the second concrete ship constructed in the World War I Emergency Fleet.
In 1926, the Atlantus was purchased by Colonel Jesse Rosenfeld to be used as ferry dock in Cape May, New Jersey for a proposed ferry between Cape May and Cape Henlopen, DE. The plan was to dig a channel into to the shore where the Atlantus would be placed.
In March 1926, the groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the construction of the ferry dock. The Atlantus was repaired and towed to Cape May. On June 8th, a storm hit and the ship broke free of her moorings and ran aground 150 feet off the coast of Sunset Beach. Several attempts were made to free the ship, but none were successful.
Since then the Atlantus has become a tourist attraction seen by millions. People used to swim out to the ship and dive off, until one young man drowned.
At one time, a billboard was also placed on the ship. (See both photos).
Starting in the late 50's, the ship began to split apart in the midsection. Only a fragment of it remains today.
Would you like to know more?
www.concreteships.org/ships/ww1/atlantus/