It always struck me as odd they were scuttled at a dock. They make poor landfill because the timbers rot away. The hulk interferes with incoming and outgoing ships.
In San Francisco, during and after 1849 gold rush, hundreds of ships were abandoned by their crews who went to search for gold. East of Montgomery St. was a tidal flat filled with ship carcasses. Today, you can’t excavate for a new building there without finding an old ship.
Having worked at a low rent “shipyard” one summer, there were all sorts of hulks stored there by their owners. Daily pumping to keep then afloat there was. That a BIG one should end up on the bottom is not a big surprise.
Having worked at a low rent “shipyard” one summer, there were all sorts of hulks stored there by their owners. Daily pumping to keep them afloat there was. That a BIG one should end up on the bottom is not a big surprise.
I “rest” my case.