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Monticello

Ship · United States · Lost Date of loss not established · Cape Cod & Nantucket Shoals

A ship formerly known as USS Merrimack, wrecked off Cape Cod at an unrecorded date.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Monticello, previously named USS Merrimack, was lost off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The date and full circumstances of her loss are not well documented in the sources available.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: Date of loss not established
Cause: Not established
Location: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 41.70° N 70.03° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Region: Cape Cod & Nantucket Shoals

General area only: coordinate of Cape Cod, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel, not a surveyed wreck position.