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USS Essex

USS Essex underway
Image: Milwaukee Public Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).

Key facts

NameUSS EssexWikidata label
Ship typescrew frigateWikidata P31 instance of
Nationality / flagUnited StatesWikidata P8047 country of registry
OperatorUnited States NavyWikidata P137 operator
Nearest coastUnited StatesNatural Earth (public domain)
Position46.7077, -92.0238Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

USS Essex was an Enterprise-class wooden-hulled armed naval steam sloop of war. She was built between 1874 and 1876 by Donald McKay at the Kitter Naval Yard of East Boston, Massachusetts. She was commissioned on 3 October 1876 by the United States Navy. On 23 December 1930 Essex was sold for scrap, and on 14 October 1931 she was taken to the beach just outside Duluth Harbor where they set fire to her; she eventually burned to the waterline. On 14 April 1994 the remains of Essex were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Her partially surviving hulk is significant because she is the only known remnant of the work of master shipbuilder McKay.

Location

  • Recorded position: 46.7077, -92.0238 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
  • Nearest coast: United States

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Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).

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