Side scan sonar image of schooner Typo, which collided with steamer W.P. Ketcham in October of 1899.
Side Scan Sonar
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Side Scan Sonar image of schooner Typo, which collided with steamer W.P. Ketcham in October of 1899. The schooner, which was carrying a cargo of coal, was rammed in the stern. The sonar image shows the bow and upright foremast, cargo hatches across Typo’s deck, and the broken stern with a pile of spilled coal.

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