Wrecks and Ghost Ships on North Carolina’s Outer Banks
Autumn storms uncover hundreds of shipwrecks along the North Carolina coast from Nag's Head to Ocracoke Inlet, including the Carroll Deering and USS Huron. The article recalls legends, Medal of Honor stories, and the Diamond Shoals peril, detailing salvage, lighthouses, and coastal history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
New York
Nag’s Head
U. S. Naval
Cap
Jeff Hayman
Roanoke Island
Cap’n
Jeff
Oregon Inlet
Ocracoke Inlet
United States
John Allen Midgett
Chicamicomoco Coast Guard
City of Atlanta
Atlanta
Diamond Lightship
Diamond Shoals
W. L. Barnett
Barnett
Buxton
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
Advocates School and Guard Training Plan Critique
The author argues Truman’s youth draft plan is flawed, urging a unified armed forces department with a robust national guard and real training. He criticizes the idea of a small reserve force, calls for scientific defense, and warns that universal training should be mandatory and modernized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mr. Truman
House
McCormack
Senate
Barkley
Johnson
Senate Military Committee
Truman
Russia
Army
Navy
National Guard
Congress
Arctic
Midwest
War Department
Democratic Party
Ghost Ship Carroll A Deering Carrol A Deering
The steamer Carrol A Deering from Bath Maine vanished after a January 29 1921 wreck on Diamond Shoals. Coast guards boarded found the ship intact with sails up food aboard and one cat wandering. No crew traces found and salvage failed, ships wreck blown up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Shoals
Maurice R. Thurlow
Coast Guard
Sleidred
North Atlantic
the Shoals
Monitor
Hampton Roads
Rhode Island
Hatteras
Cape
Gulf Stream
Arctic
Alexander Hamilton
Buxton
Diamond
Sho
Carroll A. Deering
Bath
Maine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ris
Sal
Glenn Haven
Houston
Tex
Home Furnishings & Appli
Hardare
National School OF Business
Cleveland
Tenn
Jacobs’ Studio
Laredo
Texas
Seth
Heartbert
le Bai
America
Nanking University
China
Bfgoodrich
Milton H. Berry Foundation
Encino
Calif
Wis
Leke Wreamare
Portland
Ore
Dallas
Lewis
Akron
Ohio
Chicago
Minneapolis
Mina
Gordon
M.D
Ventura Blvd
WNU
Dean
Mae
Doan
Doans
Carroll Deering
Deering
Ocracoke Island
George W Wells
Ocracoke
Walter Raleigh
Roanoke Island Colony
Ariosto
Coast
Bennett D. Coleman
Springfield
Mass
Vendue
Straits
Carteret County
Starr Methodist Church
Dreath
Parson Starr
Kohler
Baltimore
N. C
Tha 5S
Pau Mallon
Western Newspaper Union
Advocates
DR. Caldwell
Department C
Kilmer & Co., Inc
Stamford
Conn
Swamp Root
UE Racers
Pinehurst
Mississippi
R. L. Swain Tobacco Company, Inc
Spring Street
Danville
Virginia
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!