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Maritime National Historic Landmarks: Shipwrecks and Hulks

 

As part of the 1988 National Historic Landmark (NHL) theme study, "The Maritime Heritage of the United States," historians from the NHL Program and the Maritime Heritage Program collected NHL nominations for shipwrecks and hulks. The list is updated as new NHLs are designated.

 

S.S. Antonio L? (Steam Liner)

Dorado County, PR
Period of significance: 1881-98
Designated an NHL: 1997
NHL nomination and images

 

U.S.S. Arizona (Battleship)

Pearl Harbor, HI
Period of significance: 1917-41
Designated an NHL: 1989
NHL nomination and images

 

Land Tortoise (Radeau)

Lake George, NY
Period of significance: 1758
Designated an NHL: 1998
NHL nomination and images unavailable

 

Maple Leaf (Sidewheel Steamship)

Jacksonville, FL
Period of significance: 1851-64
Designated an NHL: 1994
NHL nomination and images unavailable

 

U.S.S. Monitor

Buxton, NC
Period of significance: 1861-62
Designated an NHL: 1986
NHL nomination and images unavailable

 

Philadelphia (Gundelo)

Washington, DC
Period of significance: 1776
Designated an NHL: 1961
NHL nomination and images

 

U.S.S. Tecumseh (Monitor) (part of the Fort Morgan NHL)

Mobile Point, AL
Period of significance: 1862-64
Designated an NHL: 1960
NHL nomination and images

 

Truk Lagoon Underwater Fleet, Truk Atoll

Caroline Islands, Micronesia
Period of significance: 1944-45
Designated an NHL: 1985
NHL nomination and images

 

U.S.S. Utah (Battleship)

Honolulu, HI
Period of significance: 1909-41
Designated an NHL: 1989
NHL nomination and images