SS Santa Leonor - near Isobel Island, Chile
Posted by: Metro2
S 52° 31.913 W 073° 37.070
18F E 593755 N 4178903
Before being decommissioned this ship was known as the USS Riverside.
Waymark Code: WMR3A2
Location: Chile
Date Posted: 05/06/2016
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The poster of the Waymark found it while on a Holland America cruise around South America and through the Smyth Channel. The ships rests on its side next to Isobel Island.
Wikipedia provides a history of the USS Riverside (
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"Riverside arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, on 5 March. Decommissioned on 27 April, she was redelivered to the Maritime Commission's War Shipping Administration on the 28th. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 8 May 1946, and she was sold to Pacific Argentina Brazil lines (P&T) in December 1948, renamed SS P&T Forester. She was sold to Moore McCormack Lines Inc. in March, 1957, renamed SS Mormacwave and sold for the final time to Grace Lines Inc. in August, 1966, renamed SS Santa Leonor. She was wrecked on 31 March 1968 on Isabel Island, in the Smyth Channel where her partially submerged wreck remains."
and this website (
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