South Carolina Trails to the Past Shipwrecks and Lighthouses

Shipwrecks and Lighthouses

Shipwrecks tend to be common along the oceans. The Outer Banks of North and South Carolina is called the Graveyard of the Atlantic. These are ships that have wrecked along the South Carolina coast.

Ship	Where Wrecked	When	Notes
HMS Actaeon	Charleston Harbor	28 Jun 1776
City of Richmond	Myrtle Beach
CSS Georgiana	Isle of Palms	19 Mar 1863	Destroyed when attempting to run the Federal Blockade Civil War
USS Housatonic	Charleston Harbor	17 Feb 1864	Casualty of First Submarine Attack
CSS H L Hunley	Charleston Harbor	29 Aug 1863 15 Oct 1863 17 Feb 1864	Sunk and raised twice Third sinking not recovered Location determined in 1970s
USS Keokuk	Charleston Harbor	8 Apr 1863
Mary Bowers	Charleston Harbor	31 Aug 1864	Ran aground on the wreckage of the CSS Georgiana while attempting to run the Federal Blockade
Norseman	Charleston Harbor		Ran aground on the wreckage of the CSS Georgiana while attempting to run the Federal Blockade
USS Patapsco	Charleston Harbor	14 Jan 1865	Struck a Confederate Mine
USS Weehawken	Morris Island	6 Dec 1863	Sunk after a gale

Lighthouses were established to prevent loss of life near the coasts. These are lighthouses along the South Carolina coast.

Lighthouse	Location	Built	Notes
Bloody Point Light	Daufuskie Island	1883	Deactivated 1922
Bulls Bay Light	Charleston County	1852	Destroyed 1897 Rebuilt 1900 Deactivated 1913
Combahee Bank Light	St Helena Sound	1868	Abandoned about 1876
Cape Romain Lighthouse	Lighthouse Island	1827
Castle Pinckney Light	Shute's Folly Island	1855	Deactivated 1917
Charleston Light	Sullivan's Island	1960
Fort Ripley Shoal Light	Middle Ground	1878	Deactivated 1932
Fort Sumter Range Lights	Fort Sumter	1855
Georgetown Light	North Island	1812
Governor's Light	Little River
Haig Point Range Lights	Daufuskie Island	1873	Deactivated 1924
Harbour Town Light	Hilton Head Island	1969	Privately built, owned
Hunting Island Light	Hunting Island	1875	Construction began in 1859, but was destroyed during Civil War Deactivated 1933
Leamington Lighthouse	Hilton Head Island	1879	Deactivated 1932
Morris Island Light	Morris Island	1767	Destroyed during Civil War Rebuilt 1876 Deactivated 1962
Parris Island Range Lights	Parris Island	1881	Deactivated 1912
Sullivan's Island Range Lights	Sullivan's Island	1848	Destroyed during Civil War Rebuilt Deactivated 1901

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