Shipwreck · Nags Head, North Carolina
USS Huron
An iron-hulled Navy steam sloop that ran aground in a storm on 24 November 1877 just 200 yards off Nags Head; 98 of 132 aboard died within sight of shore because the nearby life-saving station was closed for the season. The outcry led Congress to fund year-round Life-Saving Service crews. The wreck, in about 20 ft (6 m) off Bladen Street, became North Carolina's first Historic Shipwreck Preserve in 1991. No official document prints a position; the NRHP nomination (NRIS 91001625) is not digitised. NC Office of State Archaeology describes the site as about 250 yards off the beach at the Bladen Street access, Nags Head, between mileposts 11 and 12, and this point agrees with that.
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Quick facts
| Type | Shipwreck, steam sloop-of-war |
|---|---|
| Lost | 24 November 1877 |
| Charted depth | 6 m (20 ft) below MLLW |
| Position | 35.9769°N, 75.6310°W |
| From Jennette's Pier, Nags Head | 8.1 km (5.0 mi), bearing 336° NNW |
| Source | OpenStreetMap; Curated (NOAA AWOIS / NC DMF / NPS) |
How to see it
Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Jennette's Pier, Nags Head, 8.1 km (5.0 mi) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.
Further reading: USS Huron (1875) on Wikipedia.
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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.