Maple Leaf (shipwreck)
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Sinking
Maple Leaf was a civilian merchant steamship, chartered as a transport by the Union Army during American Civil War, that struck a Confederate torpedo - what we would now call a mine - as she was crossing the St. Johns River near Jacksonville on April 1, 1864.[1] Four crew members lost their lives in the sinking.[1] This was the first mine casualty of the war.[2] The screw steamer Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". was dispatched to assess the condition of the wreck on April 2, and Captain Henry W. Dale concluded his ship and cargo as a total loss.[3]
Wreck
Maple Leaf′s wreck site is located in the St. Johns River, to the west of the adjacent Mandarin neighborhood, in southeastern Duval County. The wreck was deemed a threat to river navigation so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had all structural components above the ship's main deck removed to clear the channel in the 1880s.[1] The shipwreck was rediscovered by the St. Johns Archaeological Expeditions, Inc. in 1984.[1] Volunteers identified the wreck in 1984.[4] The shipwreck site has been given the Smithsonian trinomial 8DU8032.
Because of the wreck's remarkable state of preservation (down to the line cleared in the 1880s), it is the most significant Civil War-era shipwreck yet discovered, and a good example of a mid-19th century Great Lakes steamer.[5] On October 12, 1994, it was designated a National Historic Landmark.[6] National Historic Landmark plaque located at 30° 19.461′ N, 81° 39.683′ W.
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Florida
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Duval County, Florida
References
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External links
- Maple Leaf (Shipwreck Site) at Florida's Shipwrecks: 300 Years of Maritime History - A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
- Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
- Maple Leaf Shipwreck
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