They were proud and beautiful once, confident in the face of anything the sea could throw at them - and now they haunt the coastlines with their sadness and beauty (but of the different kind):
The history of the "American Star" is nicely documented on this
page.
This is how the ship looked right after it snapped in two:
now gone.
Cherry Venture (more
info)
.
Ships in Peril, and Ships Perishing
(
t-bone collision:
:
Peru in 2006:
)
Titanic-style sinking in Antarctic waters
(Sinking of "Titanic"
Pasha Bulker - a huge container ship grounded in Australia
More Container Ships in Peril
:
)
Shipwrecks claimed by the desert
shipwrecks of the Aral Sea
.
:
Saddam Hussein's private yacht "Al Mansur" in 2003
:
(
.
The majestic USS "Oriscany"
.
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(
Russia - Battleship "Murmansk",
Sverdlov class:
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Most Photographed (and Beautiful) Shipwreck:
The "American Star" off Hesperides
:
a similar ship SS United States in 1952
ship graveyard:
clipped from: www.darkroastedblend.com 
