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The Concrete Ship Atlantus

One of a number of concrete ships built during World War 1 due to a shortage of steel. The war ended before they were put in service but they were used to transport troops home. The Atlantus was sold to be used as a part of a wharf for a ferry in the 1920's and was moored off of Cape May, NJ when it broke loose and ran aground during a bad storm. Efforts to free it were in vain, and so it has sat nearly a century, slowly being reclaimed by the ocean.
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S.S. Atlantus - Concrete Ship, grounded in 1926 at Sunset Beach, Cape May Point - New Jersey, USA - This photo: 1957 - EXPLORE
S.S. Atlantus - Concrete Ship, grounded in 1926 at Sunset Beach, Cape May Point - New Jersey, USA - This photo: 1957, via Flickr.
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Purple Lit 2 The S. S. Atlantus, Sunken concrete ship @ Sunset beach, Cape May County Cape May, NJ
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