Shipwrecks of the Alaskan shelf and shore

Tornfelt, Evert E. (Author). Burwell, Michael. (Added Author). United States. Minerals Management Service. Alaska OCS Region. (Added Author).

Summary: This comprehensive list of shipwrecks occurring in Alaskan waters from 1741 to the pre-World War II era, is arranged by Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region lease-sale planning area (for oil and gas exploration), and includes data on vessel name and type, date, location and cause of wreck, and a historic context of the phenomenon.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., map ; 28 cm.
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Publisher: Anchorage, Alaska : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Alaska OCS Region, 1992.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"MMS 92-0002."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Alaska shipwrecks: an overview of cuases -- Shipwrecks: specific locations and causes -- Historical value of Alaska shipwrecks -- Shipwreck survival -- Alaska shipwreck tables -- Summary -- Shipwreck planning area maps.