089: The Sinking of The USS Narcissus: A Collaboration With Rich Napoltano From Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs

Hello! In this week's episode, I am joined by Rich Napolitano from Shipwrecks and Seadogs Podcast and we discuss the USS Narcuccus. Over the course of today's episode we will look at the life the ship had before sinking, the sinking itself, and the shipwreck's legacy here in Florida.

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Sources for todays epsiode include:

Sources

Tumbleson Morris, Melissa Nicole. “USS Narcissus: The Role Of The Tugboat In The American Civil War.” 2011. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ln1b0TACCnfRdVNiTKvW_rtAggY67upv/view?usp=drive_link

A Proposal to Establish the Shipwreck USS Narcissus as a State Underwater Archaeological Preserve

https://www.museumsinthesea.com/narcissus/history.htm

https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15810

https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/n/narcissus.html

https://hcfl.gov/about-hillsborough/history/historical-hillsborough/uss-narcissus-rests-in-pieces-off-egmont-key

https://dos.fl.gov/communications/press-releases/2019/secretary-of-state-laurel-m-lee-announces-the-designation-of-uss-narcissus-shipwreck-site-on-the-national-register-of-historic-places/

https://www.dvidshub.net/video/386944/coast-guard-remembers-uss-narcissus

https://www.facebook.com/friendsofnarcissus/

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1866/02/04/issue.html

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