Wreck of the SS Atlantus
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This is a place where I literally felt Heaven on Earth. We visited the Cape May, to experience the sunset at this Sunset beach. The scheduled sunset was at 5.45 PM and we arrived there around 5.15 after visiting few other places. The weather was gloomy and hence I had no hopes on what colors the sunset could possibly offer. I decided to just capture few beach sand, waves and the SS Atlantus ship pictures (the broken structure that’s on the pics) and pack my kit. The ship was grounded by a storm in the ocean, after it served in the World War I. When I almost started off, my wife asked why not wait for few more minutes and boy how the landscape changed drastically. The hue and colors kept changing with every passing minute and I frantically started clicking pictures to not miss freezing those glorious scenes. Never have I felt so humbled by all of Nature’s glory as much as I had, while the sun that we never spotted started setting down and left all of those spectators agape. I’ll look forward to returning here soon and often!
Karthikeyan RajaramKarthikeyan Rajaram
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Went here on Wednesday August 7th 2024 for the first time with my parents as part of our Cape May/Wildwood Trip. Before this, we went to the World War II Lookout Tower, and came over here to check it out. It is a big beach. There is also a gift shop before the beach, and that was also big, but we couldn't find much of interest. oh well. Great thing is, free parking! We then checked out the S.S Atlantus, which was a ship that was built, and because it sank, it was just left there. Views of it can be seen in the water. It is not everyday one sees a ship, yet alone a sinking ship in the water. enjoyed seeing that sight!
Jacqueline LisellaJacqueline Lisella
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If you’re looking for a gorgeous sunset with an amazing piece of history, this is your place to be! The SS Atlantus is a concrete ship that got stuck in the sand when a storm hit in 1926. The ship broke free of its moorings and ran ground. This ship has been around for almost 100 years! Isn’t that something? Don’t recommend swimming out to it since murky water near it might become dangerous and you don’t want to end up on the wrong end! Love to sit on the beach as well and all the pelicans will pile up and sit on the ship.
LaurenLauren
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Probably the most famous of the concert Liberty Ships in existence, the SS Atlantus was towed to near this location in 1926 to serve as a part of the Ferry dock for a proposed ferry line between Cape May and Lewes, Delaware. A storm on June 8th 1926 forced the Atlantus to ground here and despite attempts to pry her free, none were successful. The stern section is the only visible section above waterline now. A really interesting piece of ship building history slowly being lost to the sea.
G. FunkG. Funk
80
I felt as though I wanted to see something historical and I needed to be near the beach. I love rock hunting. My fiance said that we could go check out the lighthouse in Cape May but it was a little busy at the time so we went to the wreck area and it was a very enjoyable experience. There were a lot of families on the beach looking for Cape May diamonds, and it was a very nice relaxing time around 6 p. M. In the evening.
S LoS Lo
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This Wreck is at sunset beach Cape May New Jersey. try and get there as often as possible in the summer. Each day they honor a service person by flying there flag and having a ceremony at 7pm as the flag is lowered. A great honor to our service men and Woman and you get to witness some incredible sunsets.
Bob ScottBob Scott
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SS Atlantus is the most famous of the twelve concrete ships built by the Liberty Ship Building Company in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, during and after World War I. The steamer was launched on 5 December 1918, and was the second concrete ship constructed in the World War I Emergency Fleet.
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