USS Huron
USS Huron was an iron-hulled gunboat of the United States Navy. She was a screw steamer with full-rig auxiliary sail, built by John Roach & Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania from 1873 to 1875 and commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard on 15 November 1875.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jockey’s Ridge State Park.
Jockey’s Ridge State Park
Park
Photo: Zrudisin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jockey's Ridge State Park is a North Carolina state park in Dare County, North Carolina in the United States. Located in Nags Head, North Carolina, it covers a 427-acre area, and includes the tallest active sand dune system in the eastern United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nags Head and Colington.
Nags Head
Photo: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nags Head is a city on the Outer Banks. Legend has it that the names comes from when pirates used to put a lantern around a horse's neck and walk along the beach.
Kill Devil Hills
Kill Devil Hills is a colorfully-named town on the coast of North Carolina. It is part of the Outer Banks, and is best known for its association with the Wright Brothers' historic flights in the first airplane in 1903.
USS Huron
- Type: Disaster remains
- Also known as: “USS Huron Shipwreck”
- Categories: shipwreck, steamship, gunboat, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Nags Head Township, Dare, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.97695° or 35° 58′ 37″ northLongitude
-75.63099° or 75° 37′ 52″ westOpen location code
8776X9G9+QJOpenStreetMap ID
node 4235881448OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wreckWikidata ID
Q7870310
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“USS Huron” goes by many names.
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