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Bridge DATA Series: West Coast Shipwrecks Answer Page |
General Questions
- Name at least six geographic locations that were named for ships that wrecked at the sites.
Answer: Tennessee Cove (Tennessee), Pigeon Point (Carrier Pigeon), Harlech Castle Rock (Harlech Castle), Ventura Rock (Ventura), and Franklin Point (Sir John Franklin) in MBNMS; Noonday Rock (Noonday) in the GFNMS; and, Umatilla Reef (Umatilla) in OCNMS
- Name the four shipwrecks that carried cargoes for America's railway expansion.
Answer:G. W. Prescott (CINMS), Louis (GFNMS), Samoa (GFNMS), and Emily Farnum (OCNMS)
- Two shipwrecks are sister-ships and were lost in different sanctuaries; can you name the ships?
Answer: Goldenhorn (CINMS) and Matterhorn (OCNMS)
- During the late 19th century what government agency was responsible for providing assists to shipwreck victims in the OCNMS and GFNMS?
Answer: U.S. Life-Saving Service
- Name two vessels built to carry liquid cargoes that shipwrecked in two different sanctuaries. Had their tanks been loaded, potential impacts on the marine environment would have been disastrous.
Answer: Pectan (CINMS) and Frank H. Buck (MBNMS)
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