USS Keokuk (Wreck)

USA / South Carolina / Sullivans Island /
 ship, shipwreck, American Civil War 1861-1865

Approx. location of the USS Keokuk.The USS Keokuk was a Union experimental ironclad. At The First Battle of Charleston Harbor,The Keokuk was struck by about ninety projectiles. Many below the waterline. She sank off Morris Island on 8 April 1863.
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Coordinates:   32°41'36"N   79°52'18"W
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