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English: USS Wateree (1863) beached at Arica, Chile, 430 yards above the usual high water mark, after she was deposited there by a tidal wave on 13 August 1868. Her iron hull was reasonably intact, but salvage was not economical, and she was sold where she lay.
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Source Photo #: NH 43999
Author U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Courtesy of Murray Greene Day.

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