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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Patrick Whittle

Schooners that graced a Maine-themed quarter or hosted Cousteau rest at the bottom of a NYC canal

Sunken Schooners - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

For more than a century, the Pilot and the Victory Chimes — two historic schooners with towering sails — have between them served the country in wartime, hosted the likes of Jacques Cousteau and graced the Maine state quarter.

But an inlet just off New York City's famously polluted Gowanus Canal could be their final port of call.

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