Diving into the Past: The Corsair at Crystal Cove State Marine Conservation Area
Author(s): Tricia Dodds
Year: 2016
Summary
Crystal Cove State Park is home to many unique cultural resources that tell the story of California’s fascinating past. Its marine conservation area is no less extraordinary. In 1949, a Navy F4U Corsair airplane met its watery grave off the coast of Crystal Cove. Since its rediscovery, this underwater site has been studied and recorded by California State Parks with the assistance of other institutions. In 2014, the California State Parks Dive Team revisited the Corsair to evaluate its current physical condition and to make future recommendations on this airplane wreckage that is a part of California’s military history.
Cite this Record
Diving into the Past: The Corsair at Crystal Cove State Marine Conservation Area. Tricia Dodds. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 434733)
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Keywords
General
airplane
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California
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Naval
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
Historic
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): 520