Northern Pacific
Passenger Steamship · United States · Lost 1922 · Delaware Bay & the Approaches
A fast coastal liner and wartime troopship, burned at sea off the Delaware coast in 1922.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built in 1914 for the Pacific coastal trade and later used to carry troops across the Atlantic, the turbine steamer Northern Pacific caught fire at sea in February 1922 off the Delaware coast. Efforts to tow the burning ship toward shore failed and she sank. Her broken hull lies in deep water at the approaches to Delaware Bay and is dived from both Delaware and New Jersey.
Vessel
- 1914
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- Steel
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- Steam turbine
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Loss
- February 8, 1922
- Fire
- Off the Delaware coast, at the approaches to Delaware Bay
- Atlantic Ocean
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The Wreck Today
- 140 to 160 feet
- Broken hull on a sand bottom.
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Position
- 38.60° N 74.85° W
- Approximate position
- Cape Henlopen, Delaware
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
Casualty figures and exact depth vary between accounts.
United States Coast Guard casualty records
Loss date and circumstances.
Mid-Atlantic wreck diving literature
Site position, depth and condition.
