by CoastView | Feb 1, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Shipwrecks
New Carissa was a freighter 639 feet (195 m) in length that grounded on North Spit in 1999, causing an oil spill about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Coos Bay and 4 miles (6.5 km) west of the community of North Bend, Oregon. The U.S. Navy set explosives on the ship to...
by CoastView | Jan 27, 2023 | 2023, California, Headlands, Historical, Shipwrecks
SS Dominator is a shipwrecked freighter that ran aground in 1961 on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, about 13 miles (21 km) west of Long Beach and 5.6 miles (9 km) south-southwest of Redondo Beach, California. The U.S. Coast Guard attempted to refloat the vessel but...
by CoastView | Jan 20, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Historical, Shipwrecks
The USS Milwaukee was a U.S. Navy cruiser that in 1917 was overcome by wind and waves close to shore and was beached at the community of Samoa on the northern peninsula of Humboldt Bay, about 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Arcata and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Eureka,...
by CoastView | Jan 16, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Historical, Islands, Shipwrecks
Monks Lagoon is on Icon Bay, a bight about 1 mile (1.6 km) across, on the southeastern shore of Spruce Island, about 6.6 miles (10.6 km) north of Kodiak and 5.7 miles (9 km) south-southeast of Ouzinkie, Alaska. Spruce Island is northeast and across Narrow Strait from...
by CoastView | Jan 15, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Shipwrecks
The shipwreck of the SS Monte Carlo is occasionally exposed by shifting sands during the winter on Coronado Shores, a wide sandy beach also known as South Beach, on Coronado Island about 4.5 miles (7.3 km) east of Point Loma and 3.4 miles (5.5 km) south of San Diego,...
by CoastView | Dec 31, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Embayments, Historical, Shipwrecks
The fishing vessel Norseman sank in June 1978 in Princess Royal Channel, about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Butedale and 115 miles (185 km) southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Norseman was built in 1973 as a crabber/tender and was in transit to the Bering...
