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The “Ghost Fleet” of Mallows Bay is a reference to the hundreds of ships whose remains still rest in its relatively shallow waters. It is the largest collection of wrecks in the Western hemisphere, 230 United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation ships sunk in the river.
It is without a doubt that the US is the strongest military power in the world, possessing the most extensive and advanced Armed Forces by some distance. As new military technologies are developed every day and the landscape of modern warfare seemingly changing faster than most are able to keep up with, it is a perfectly reasonable question to wonder what happens to the older military hardware that is now obsolete. As we have looked at on this channel before, old planes are often sent to Aircraft Maintenance facilities to be scrapped or kept in storage with the Tucson Boneyard being a good example of this. But what happens to the warships that are no longer needed? Well, there are numerous paths that an outdated ship can follow, but one popular destination for ships that the US Navy has no immediate use for is the Mallows Bay in the Potomac River. Here, there are hundreds of vessels laying dormant in the water waiting to be scrapped or sunk. This is commonly known as the Ghost Fleet of the Mallows. But just like each ship that is stored here, there exists an interesting and extensive history of this location that deserves to be explored.
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Always happy to see new It's History videos ! Whatever the topic I know Ryan's going to make sure it's interesting … a new vid on "watching paint dry" ? Grab the popcorn 🍿 !
8:19 this is just factually incorrect, the number US soldier who fought was tiny, combined to France, Italy and the British Empire. What ended WW1, was combined arms tactics and the Royal navy blockade. Not the USA that at the end of the war was still well behind in it's military capability as it had 3 and 4 years less training.
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Lol gotta love the amount of credit the US gives themselves for the allies winning WW1/2
Growing up, my dad would take us to Kiptopeke State Park on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, where I'd marvel at the concrete ships just sitting out in the water. I lived right across the Potomac from Mallows Bay but never visited, unfortunately.
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I'm thinking of it polluting the ocean. What a waste of resources and money and time. Building shit just to go right in the dumpster
Think how many trees were cut down for that and how many man hours were spent all for nothing. .
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Great information
Only in the U.S. would a dirty scrapyard be turned into a protected habitat and tourist site for money lol
I grew up near there between 1957-1964 in Nanjemoy, MD. Your Vid is interesting.
I want to check out this place.
Thank you for covering this! I have been there and they are an awesome sight! I have always wondered about their history. Great video!
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Did not show one pic there.
Well done!
In 1915, the year the Lusitania was sunk, Winston Churchill was Lord of the Admiralty. He instructed that the Royal Navy ship that normally escorted and protected the Lusitania be withdrawn. He was a war monger and wanted the U.S. in the war.
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An interesting video, but I mainly kept watching out of curiosity to see how much film of World War 2 they could show while talking about World War 1.
Really a four minute infomercial, you lost me.
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"As new technology is invented every day…"
…I just watched the intro clip of a guy stick welding with equipment basically identical to what I use.
I LOVE that there's a photo of a 1000 year old viking ship just stuck in here (9:06) and not mentioned. Sloppy or funny?
You are dead inside when you recommend games like that
Why would you show WWII aircraft when talking about WWI?
The Emergency Fleet Corporation sounds like a massive tax payer-subsidized, money laundering operation. This must be where they send shit-bird admirals to command…
The metal hull is not a Navy vessel.. It's the Accomack, a former car ferry.
Mallows bay is a wonderful place, and it was a resting place for vessels even before the never used Navy ships. They found smaller boats resting on the bottom from as far back as the revolutionary war they think. The floating town that grew up around the ships to harvest metal was amazing, with Shanty boats providing everything from stores to brothels. An Amazing story and the car ferry Acomack is very cool to paddle around,