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16 RECONDITE SHIPWRECKS YOU CAN SEE ON GOOGLE EARTH. "WE ARE NOT CONDEMNED BECAUSE OF THE THOUGHTS THAT ENTER OUR MINDS, BUT BECAUSE WE USE OUR THOUGHTS BADLY; OUR THOUGHTS CAN CAUSE US EITHER TO SUFFER BEING SHIPWRECKED OR TO BE CROWNED."

1. THIS WRECKED SHIP — KNOWN AS THE "ALTAIR" — IS WASTING AWAY ON THE COAST OF SOUTHERN BRAZIL, JUST SOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE.
2. THIS GIANT UNKNOWN VESSEL MET WITH DISASTER IN BASRA, IRAQ.
3. JAPANESE B5N2 KATE TORPEDO BOMBERS SANK THE "USS UTAH" DURING THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK ON DEC. 7, 1941, KILLING 64 OF WHOM, 58 ARE ENTOMBED IN THE WRECK.
4. THE "SS MAHENO" WAS UNDER TOW, HEADING TO OSAKA BREAKER'S YARD, DURING A STORM, THE CABLES BROKE AND IT STRANDED ON FRAZER ISLAND OFF AUSTRALIA'S COASTLINE , WHERE IT REMAINS.
5. THIS FAMOUS CONCRETE TANKER "SS PALO ALTO" WAS BUILT TO SERVE AS A BATTLE SHIP DURING WW 1 BUT WAS SANK BEFORE ENTERING THE WAR.
6. THE "SS FRANCISCO MORAZAN" SITS AT THE BOTTOM OF LAKE MICHIGAN, AFTER IT RAN AGROUND DURING A WILD SNOWSTORM IN 1960.
7. THE "GERMANIA", LATER NAMED "HALF MOON" A 366-TON STEEL SCHOONER- YACHT SANK IN 1930 LIES HALF- SUBMERGED, ABANDONED IN FLORIDA'S MUSEUM IN THE SEA.
8. THE "ST. CHRISTOPHER" RAN AGROUND IN 1957 AND WILL LIKELY SIT THE REST OF ITS DAYS IN THE HARBOR OF USHUAIA IN SOUTHERN ARGENTINA.
9. THIS RUSTY SHIPWRECK SITS ON THE SKELETON COAST JUST NORTH OF LUDERITZ IN NAMIBIA.
10. THE "MS WORLD DISCOVERER" SITS JUST OFF THE SHORE OF ONE OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
11. "THE POINT SAN PABLO" YACHT HARBOR IN RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA, CONTAINS A SUNKEN VESSEL THAT WAS PURPOSEFULLY PLACED THERE AS A BREAKWATER.
12.THE WATERS AROUND OAKLAND AND SAN FRANCISCO ARE FILLED WITH ROTTING SHIPWRECKS LIKE THIS ONE.
13. "THAMES RIVER WRECKS". THESE MOLDERING BOATS SIT IN THE THAMES RIVER, JUST OFF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ACADEMY IN NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.
14. THIS SHIPWRECK IS WASTING AWAY OFF THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF NUUK GREENLAND.
15, WRECKED IN BAJA CALFORNIA SUR. THIS ENORMOUS VESSEL WASHED ASHORE ON A BEACH IN MEXICO'S BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR.
16. SEVERAL SHIPWRECKS TOGETHER AND ALL ARE NAMELESS AND VISIBLE FROM GOOGLE EARTH.

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