Shipwrecked

from Wikipedia:
The Mary D. Hume was a steamer built at Gold Beach, Oregon in 1881, by R. D. Hume, a pioneer and early businessman in that area. Gold Beach was then called Ellensburg. The Hume had a long career, first hauling goods between Oregon and San Francisco, then as a whaler in Alaska, as a service vessel in the Alaskan cannery trade, then as a tugboat. She was retired in 1977 and returned to Gold Beach. In 1985 she sank in the Rogue River and has remained there ever since as a derelict vessel on the shoreline. The Hume is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

I would just like to note that the fishies in the sea and the crabs don't consider her a derelict vessel. She's still useful to them as a place to swim and crawl about. The birdies can land on her, and even nest there if they'd like. She will pose for hours on end for photographers and artists. She is not a derelict. A derelict suffers from disuse, and so far, that hasn't happened to her.

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