Abstract
The wreck of Catharine lies in 12-15 feet of water on a flat sandy bottom, approximately 300 yards off Santa Rosa Island, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico (Figure 4.1). The site is within the boundaries of Gulf Islands National Seashore and is a popular sport diving destination. During the wrecking event, the ship ran hard aground on an offshore sandbar. The hull of the vessel deteriorated rapidly, finally breaking into five or six pieces on September 5,1894 (Daily News, September 7, 1894). The starboard side of the vessel, from the keel to the turn of the bilge, remains fairly intact and was recorded in 1998 along with a large associated debris field.
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Burns, J.M. (2003). Archaeological Investigation of Catharine . In: The Life and Times of a Merchant Sailor. The Plenum Series in Underwater Archaeology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0209-8_5
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