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Storm King

Freighter · United States · Lost Sunk by the mid-1930s · Hudson River

The sunken remains of a freighter at Coxsackie that have shielded a stretch of Hudson riverbank from erosion since the 1930s.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

A freighter known locally as Storm King has rested along the north shore of Riverside Park in Coxsackie, New York, since about the mid-1930s. Her remains have inadvertently served as a natural breakwater, and state erosion-control studies have used the wreck as a reference point for rehabilitating the riverbank.

Vessel

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

Loss

Date: Sunk by the mid-1930s
Cause: Not established
Location: North shore of Riverside Park, Coxsackie, New York, Hudson River
Water: Hudson River
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Remains have functioned as an erosion barrier along the riverbank since the mid-1930s
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 42.40° N 73.81° W
Accuracy: Approximate position
Nearest: Coxsackie, New York
Region: Hudson River

An HMdb.org historical marker at the Coxsackie State Boat Launch and a Daily Gazette article describe the wreck of the freighter Storm King as lying along the north shore of Riverside Park in Coxsackie, NY since the mid-1930s, acting as an erosion barrier; the coordinate is an approximate placement at that shoreline, not a surveyed fix.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Sparsely documented (25/100)

This vessel's build history, dimensions, and cause and exact date of loss are not established in sources reviewed; only a single regional newspaper feature describing the wreck's role in riverbank erosion was located.