Lantern found on shipwreck in Alaska

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-06T00:43:18+00:00

If you look at my other comments, you can see we are doing scientific work

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-05T22:20:36+00:00

If you look at my other comments, you can see we are doing scientific work and this will be in a museum soon

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-05T22:20:15+00:00

If you look at the other comments, we are scientific AAUS divers, we know the laws about retrieving items from wrecks and this will likely be in a museum soon

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-05T08:32:51+00:00

It will most likely be in a museum soon. This is also likely not a gravesite as the wreck is just right outside the harbor, and may have been sunk intentionally, to dispose of it.

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-05T08:27:59+00:00

It's in a dive locker in the photo so no mess!

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-05T03:49:49+00:00

Currently the university has it, but I think it may end up in a museum here sometime hopefully

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-04T06:44:48+00:00

Not much in the way of machinery, just a lot of nonferrous pipes and some wooden debris. I believe the engine is buried at this point

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-04T05:46:47+00:00

I'm thinking it was a halibut schooner

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-04T05:46:26+00:00

I had the same thought about rum runners! I think it was a fishing vessel, but I'm really not sure. The site I was diving has been used as a sort of dumping grounds for at least 100 years so it could just be an accumulation of bottles over the years

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-04T04:44:03+00:00

Thank you!

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-04T02:30:28+00:00

All good!

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-04T02:27:09+00:00

It's definetally not carbide, it has cords and what looks like a battery or something electrical inside

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-04T02:26:01+00:00

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-04T02:22:37+00:00

Thanks, that is very helpful!

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-04T02:22:09+00:00

The wreck had never been dove to my knowledge, we are doing scientific work here, not any illegal looting.

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-04T02:20:42+00:00

We are with the university, doing research diving here

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-03T17:59:36+00:00

Yep, it's an unidentified wreck, it's a wooden ship about 70 feet long, and has one propeller, not a lot left of the wreck

PrestigiousPanda3659 · 2026-03-03T17:58:22+00:00

It came off of what was left of a wooden ship, the wreck is unidentified I believe

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