In this archaeological trilogy, Donald G. Shomette provides a tour
of the treasures beneath the Chesapeake Bay. Ghost Fleet of Mallows
Bay, a companion volume to Tidewater Time Capsule, continues the
author's quest to uncover the Bay's hidden history. New Jersey, a
steamship that sank in the waters of the Chesapeake in 1870, is the
subject of the first part of this absorbing narrative. The wreck
became the scene of large-scale relic hunting, but also of
cutting-edge technology. Events surrounding the exploration of the
wreck were instrumental in the creation of the first
state-sponsored underwater archaeology agency in Maryland. In part
two Shomette describes the history and archaeological investigation
of Kent Island, where the remains and relics of the earliest
permanent European settlement in Maryland were excavated. Part
three chronicles a fascinating yet little-known chapter in American
history. During World War I, the U.S. government created an
emergency program to build hundreds of wooden steamships to replace
merchant vessels being destroyed in Germany's campaign of
unrestricted submarine warfare. Most of these ships never saw the
European Theater and now lie beneath Mallows Bay off the Potomac.
The bay also holds the remnants of countless other vessels, making
it the largest ship graveyard in the United States - and perhaps
the world.
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