The Ship Trap
March 15, 2018
The Dry Torugas with its shallow waters, combined with increasing traffic, strong currents, and numerous hurricanes, became known as a “ship trap.”
The Dry Torugas with its shallow waters, combined with increasing traffic, strong currents, and numerous hurricanes, became known as a “ship trap.”
Angus P. Boatwright, shown above, was born in South Carolina, on March 22, 1906. Sometime after the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, but prior to the
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