Shipwreck · Cape Lookout, North Carolina

USS Pilgrim (SP-1204)

USS Pilgrim (SP-1204)
Photo: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photograph; collection is in the public domain, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Hull showing, seabed about 1.3 m (least depth not charted). Mapped in OpenStreetMap.

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Quick facts

TypeShipwreck
Lost1935
Seabed depth1.3 m (4 ft) below MLLW
Position34.7118°N, 76.5873°W
From Fort Macon, Atlantic Beach8.4 km (5.2 mi), bearing 79° E
SourceOpenStreetMap

How to see it

Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Fort Macon, Atlantic Beach, 8.4 km (5.2 mi) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.

Further reading: USS Pilgrim (SP-1204) on Wikipedia.

Point your phone at the real thing. The CoastFinder app draws this shipwreck over your live camera view from any beach, pier or boat near Cape Lookout, with its distance and depth, and it works with no signal.

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Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.