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SS New York Shipwreck 1846

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New York was a steamship built in 1837 for the New York and Charleston Steam Packet Company, a partnership started by James P. Allaire, John Haggerty, and Charles Morgan. Originally put into packet service between New York City and Charleston, South Carolina, New York later served ports in along the Gulf of Mexico. New York was destroyed in the Gulf of Mexico by a hurricane on 7 September 1846. She was carrying a large quantity of branch mint gold, as well as US silver coins and Mexican and South American silver coins.

The wreck was discovered and recovered in the late 1990’s.