The 7,000 Foot Wreck – An Archaeological Investigation of a Historic Shipwreck Discovered in the Gulf of Mexico
Author(s): Robert Westrick
Year: 2013
Summary
The 7,000 Foot Wreck is the remains of a historic sailing vessel lost in the Gulf of Mexico. The site lies at a depth of 7,450 feet (2,271 meters) and represents one of the deepest historic shipwrecks investigated in the GOM to date. The wreck was originally discovered during an oil and gas exploration deep tow survey in 1986. In September 2009 the first ROV investigation of the 7,000 Foot Wreck was conducted as part of the Lophelia II: Rigs, Reefs, and Wrecks Study. Over a roughly 15½-hour period on September 6 and 7, 2009, the Lophelia II team used Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute’s Jason II ROV launched from the NOAA Research Vessel Ronald H. Brown to document the shipwreck site. This paper will focus on the results of that investigation and subsequent analysis and research.
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The 7,000 Foot Wreck – An Archaeological Investigation of a Historic Shipwreck Discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. Robert Westrick. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Leicester, England, U.K. 2013 ( tDAR id: 428489)
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Keywords
General
000 Foot Wreck
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7
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Gulf of Mexico
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ROV Investigation
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 230