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To: Dr. Franklin

Another concrete cargo ship was the SS Sapona.

Grounded in the Caribbean and used for target practice.
I’ve dove and snorkeled it many time on dive trips.


14 posted on 09/02/2026 5:30:13 PM PDT by sjmjax
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To: sjmjax
Another concrete cargo ship was the SS Sapona.
Grounded in the Caribbean and used for target I’ve dove and snorkeled it many time on dive trips.


At the Jersey Shore S.S. Atlantus was always reffred to as just "the concrete ship". From the old marker at Sunset Beach in Cape May, NJ, twelve experimental concrete ships were made during WWI. According WP Atlantus was the second and S.S. Faith was the first. Faith was scuttled as an embankment of the Grijalva River in Mexico in 1932. It's curious what happened to the rest, but probably suffered a similar fate.


20 posted on 09/02/2026 6:25:08 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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