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Channel Islands National
Marine Sanctuary Answer Page
Part 1 - Answers to Channel
Islands National Marine Sanctuary Data Exercise
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Areas
with more shipwrecks - San Miguel Island and the south side of Santa
Rosa Island. Reasons Ç prevailing currents, weather conditions,
and natural hazards.
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There
are no particular times of year when there were more shipwrecks
reported. Ships could encounter bad weather and fog in any season
on the West Coast, and this factor, combined with navigational hazards,
led many ships to their graveyards.
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Channel
Islands - Number of shipwrecks before 1942 - 22 Number of shipwrecks
after 1942 - 8 This difference can be attributed to the refinement
of radar technology needed for use in World War II. Radar significantly
improved the ability for ships to detect other ships and potential
navigational hazards.
Part 2 - Answers to Channel
Islands National Marine Sanctuary Questions
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Winfield
Scott (1853) and Cuba (1923), Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
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W
T Co. No. 3, Mutiny On The Bounty
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J.
M. Colman, Dora Bluhm, Comet
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Wampas
(a.k.a. Grey Ghost)
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Jane L. Stanford
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Monterey Bay National Marine
Sanctuary Answer Page
Part 1 - Answers to Monterey
Bay National Marine Sanctuary Data Exercise
- Areas
with more shipwrecks - Monterey and Carmel Reasons - shallow, rocky
coastal areas, fog, winds, and storms.
- There are no
particular times of year when there were more shipwrecks reported.
Ships could encounter bad weather and fog in any season on the West
Coast, and this factor, combined with navigational hazards, led many
ships to their graveyards.
- Number of shipwrecks
before 1942 - 29 Number of shipwrecks after 1942 - 1 This difference
can be attributed to the refinement of radar technology needed for
use in World War II. Radar significantly improved the ability for
ships to detect other ships and potential navigational hazards.
Part 2 - Answers to Monterey
Bay National Marine Sanctuary Questions:
- Pescadero;
due to shipwreck Colombia
- Gipsy
- Carrier Pigeon
- Rhine Maru;
vessel Panama and barge S. Catania were lost
- Rhine Maru
- Frank H. Buck
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Gulf of the Farallones/Cordell
Bank National Marine Sanctuary Answer Page
Part 1 - Answers to Gulf
of the Farallones and Cordell Ban National Marine Sanctuary Data Exercise
- Areas
with more shipwrecks - Point Reyes, Point Bolinas, and the South Farallon
Islands Reasons - hazardous navigation, year-round fog, dangerous
winds and storms.
- There are no
particular times of year when there were more shipwrecks reported.
Ships could encounter bad weather and fog in any season on the West
Coast, and this factor, combined with navigational hazards, led many
ships to their graveyards.
- Number of shipwrecks
before 1942 - 27 Number of shipwrecks after 1942 - 3 This difference
can be attributed to the refinement of radar technology needed for
use in World War II. Radar significantly improved the ability for
ships to detect other ships and potential navigational hazards.
Part 2 - Answers to Gulf
of the Farallones/Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Questions:
- Jacob Luckenbach
& Hawaiian Pilot
- S.S. Lewis,
"propeller"
- Henry Bergh
- Lammermoor
- Louis
- Puerto Rican
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Olympic Coast National
Marine Sanctuary Answer Page
Part 1 - Answers to Olympic
Coast National Marine Sanctuary Data Exercise
- Areas
with more shipwrecks - Cape Flattery and La Push Reasons - weather,
rocky shores
- There are no
particular times of year when there were more shipwrecks reported.
Ships could encounter bad weather and fog in any season on the West
Coast, and this factor, combined with navigational hazards, led many
ships to their graveyards.Number of shipwrecks before 1942 - 26
- Number of shipwrecks
after 1942 - 4 This difference can be attributed to the refinement
of radar technology needed for use in World War II. Radar significantly
improved the ability for ships to detect other ships and potential
navigational hazards.
Part 2 - Answers to Olympic
Coast National Marine Sanctuary Questions:
- Coast Trader
- General M. C.
Meigs
- Port Gordon,
Austria, Emily Farnum
- St. Nicholas
- Lamut
- Temple Bar
Answers to
General Shipwreck Questions:
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Tennessee Cove, Tennessee, Pigeon Point, Carrier Pigeon, Harlech
Castle Rock, Harlech Castle, Ventura Rock, Ventura, Franklin Point,
Sir John Franklin, (MBNMS), Noonday Rock, Noonday, (GFNMS), Umatilla
Reef, Umatilla (OCNMS).
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G. W. Prescott (CINMS), Louis (GFNMS), Samoa (GFNMS), and Emily
Farnum (OCNMS)
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Goldenhorn (CINMS), Matterhorn, OCNMS
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U.S. Life-Saving Service
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Pectan (CINMS), Frank H. Buck (MBNMS)
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