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Location DB >
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Texas >
Galveston >
S.S. Selma
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created by Astro
on 10/22/2014 3:39 AM
last modified by Astro
on 10/22/2014 3:50 AM
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Publically Viewable |
This location has been labeled by its creator as Public, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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Type: Ship Wreck
Status: Abandoned
Accessibility: Difficult
Recommendation: worth the trip
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rust unsafe flooring flooding water
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It's in the middle of the channel
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SS Selma was an oil tanker built in 1919 by F.F. Ley and Company, Mobile, Alabama. President Woodrow Wilson approved the construction of 24 concrete vessels of which only 12 were actually completed. SS Selma is the only permanent, and prominent, wreck along the Houston Ship Channel. SS Selma was built in Mobile, Alabama, and named to honor Selma, Alabama, for its successful wartime liberty loan drive. The ship was launched on June 28, 1919, the same day Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles, officially ending World War I. As a result, the 7,500-ton ship never served during the war, but instead was placed into service as an oil tanker in the Gulf of Mexico. On May 31, 1920, the Selma hit a jetty in Tampico, Mexico, ripping a 60 foot hole in her hull. After attempts to repair the ship in Galveston failed and efforts to sell the ship proved unsuccessful, US officials decided to intentionally scuttle the ship. A channel 1,500 feet long and 25 feet deep was dug to a point just off Pelican Island's eastern shoreline where on March 9, 1922, the ship was laid to rest. The wreck of the Selma has since been the object of failed plans to convert it for use as a fishing pier, pleasure resort, and an oyster farm. Long a source of curiosity and local legend, it remains important to scientists who continue to study aspects of its concrete construction.
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
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Photography |
10 / 10 |
Coolness |
10 / 10 |
Content Quality |
10 / 10 |
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Mike Dijital on 11/1/2014 6:02 PM.
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on Nov 1 14 at 18:02, Mike Dijital validated this location on Oct 22 14 at 4:12, Astro made this location available on Oct 22 14 at 4:12, Astro updated gallery picture No more walls on Oct 22 14 at 4:11, Astro updated gallery picture Down the Deck on Oct 22 14 at 4:11, Astro updated gallery picture Roosting on Oct 22 14 at 4:11, Astro updated gallery picture Sunk on Oct 22 14 at 4:11, Astro updated gallery picture Look through on Oct 22 14 at 4:11, Astro updated gallery picture Sunk on Oct 22 14 at 4:11, Astro updated gallery picture Look through on Oct 22 14 at 4:10, Astro updated gallery picture Parked out Front
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