AH-WR-1629

Pottstown

Schooner Barge · Lost 1944 · Cape Cod & Nantucket Shoals

She foundered near Scusset Breakwater in November 1944.

Become Captain of Record

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Pottstown was built at Baltimore in 1917. She foundered near Scusset Breakwater in November 1944. Storm seas damaged her hawsepipe, allowing the anchor chain to cut into the hull. Her crew was rescued; Army engineers demolished the wreck’s upper works in 1945.

Vessel

Built: 1917
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Towed
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: November 17, 1944
Cause: Storm
Location: Northeast of Scusset Breakwater, Sandwich
Water: Cape Cod Bay
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Dismasted schooner barge; Army engineers demolished the upper works in 1945, as recorded by BUAR.
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established