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SS Central America, known as the Ship of Gold, was a 280-foot (85 m) sidewheel steamer that operated between Central America and the East Coast of the United States during the 1850s. She was originally named the SS George Law, after George Law of New York.
Over 7,000 gold coins were recovered from the S.S. Central America during the shipwreck’s discovery in 1988, exactly 131 years after its last voyage. The S.S. Central America find serves as a unique time capsule of artifacts from a prosperous and significant time in United States history.
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4 × 5 in AA guns. 4 × 3 in/50 naval guns. 8 × .50-cal. machine guns. SS America was an ocean liner and cruise ship built in the United States in 1940 for the United States Lines and designed by the noted American naval architect William Francis Gibbs. It carried many names in the 54 years between its construction and its 1994 wreck: SS ...
Mar 27, 2022 · 26 March 2022. California Gold Marketing Group. Ambrotype of a young woman. In 1857, the SS Central America, also known as the "ship of gold", sank off the coast of the US state of South...
Oct 28, 2014 · Its treasure, touted as America's greatest, is the once-lost vessel's claim to fame, but the tragic story of the SS Central America's demise is a tale of heroism and a captain's valiant effort to save his ship. The 278-foot-long, wooden-hulled Central America was commissioned in 1853 by the U.S. Mail Steamship Co.
Jan 2, 2015 · Wreck of the SS Central America. Tommy Thompson revolutionized treasure salvage in 1987 when he and a brilliant team of “high tech nerds” figured out how to retrieve a valuable cargo of gold resting in 8,000 feet of water. The saga of the SS Central America, a paddlewheel steamer that sank in 1857, is packed with as much intrigue as a Clive ...
