All Available Boats — Captain Michael Day’s Radio Call On 9/11/01

There are moments in history when an individual makes the right choice at exactly the right moment and it makes all the difference. Such was the case with LT. Michael Day on the morning of September 11, 2001, in New … Continue reading

Update: The 18th Century World Trade Center Ship May Have Been Built Near Philadelhia

Four years ago, workers excavating at the new World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan uncovered the remains of an 18th century wooden merchant ship. The ship was found 20 feet below street level,  is roughly 30 feet in length and was probably buried intentionally as land … Continue reading

Update: Investigating the World Trade Center Ship Using Rings and Worms

Last July, workers excavating at the new World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan uncovered the remains of an 18th century wooden merchant ship 20 feet below street level.  See our previous posts – here and here. Now researchers have been able to identify where … Continue reading

A Brigantine Beneath Washington Street – Identifying the World Trade Center Ship

Two weeks ago the remains of an 18th century ship were found in the excavation of the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.    On Thursday Warren Riess, an archaeologist specializing in marine history, speculated that the ship was  most likely a brigantine; … Continue reading

Dismantling the Ground Zero Ship

A follow-up to our previous post – 18th Century Ship Found Buried at New York’s World Trade Center Site.  Workers are now beginning to dismantle what is left of the ship, plank by plank, for preservation.    Last week,  Atlantic Wire  posted an interesting … Continue reading

18th Century Ship Found Buried at New York’s World Trade Center Site

Workers excavating at the new World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan have uncovered the remains of an 18th century wooden merchant ship. The ship was found 20 feet below street level,  is roughly 30 feet in length and was probably buried intentionally as land fill.  It … Continue reading