BLUE OCEAN SHIPWRECK, GLOUCESTER HARBORMASTER, AND SALTY DOG ABOARD THE CAPE ANN MARINE

Activity at the Blue Ocean shipwreck early this morning.

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gloucester-shipwreck-blue-ocean-salty-dog-copyright-kim-smithPlease write and let us know if you know the name of this little salty dog. Thank you! gloucester-shipwreck-blue-ocean-caoe-ann-marine-copyright-kim-smithgloucester-shipwreck-blue-ocean-harbormaster-copyright-kim-smith

DRAGGER SHIPWRECK OFF NILES BEACH GLOUCESTER

We hope the old FV Blue Ocean is salvageable after breaking mooring in the gale force winds late last night. The Blue Ocean is a wooden converted Eastern rig side dragger. The ship was built in 1952 and is owned by Michael Ragusa of Gloucester. Beach clean-up is well underway and as reported in the Gloucester Times, the boat does not pose an environmental threat because there was no fuel or oil on board. Photos from this morning at high tide and then again at low tide this afternoon. gloucester-shipwreck-fv-blue-ocean-1-copyright-kim-smithgloucester-shipwreck-fv-blue-ocean-6-copyright-kim-smith

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For more photos of the Blue Ocean see Paul Frontiero’s post from 2014