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Nor’easter Reveals Remains of Revolutionary War-Era Ship

March 8, 2018

The skeleton of a wooden ship believed to be a sloop from around the time of the American Revolution was exposed by the nor’easter this week on a beach in York, Maine.

The skeleton of the ship was first noticed in 1958, and every so once in a while since then a storm shifts sands enough to expose it again, according to the York Police Department.

Police are trying to keep people from scavenging and damaging the remains of the wreck, which is on Short Sands Beach a little north of Cape Neddick Light. They are asking people to be content with looking at it and take pictures of it.