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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort
Fish Friday !In 2021, Robert M. Feldhaus of Nags Head caught the current state record golden tilefish off Oregon Inlet. The 52-pound fish beat the 2013 record of 46 pounds caught off Cape Hatteras. Golden tilefish, also known as Great Northern tilefish, can be found along the continental shelf and upper continental slope along the eastern seaboard and into the Gulf of Mexico at water depths of 250 to 1,500 feet. They live in cone shaped burrows and tend to congregate in small groups. Image: Robert M. Feldhaus of Nags Head caught record holding Golden Tilefish. (Image courtesy NCDEQ). ... See MoreSee Less
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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

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On October 9, 1837, the steamship “Home” ran into a powerful hurricane that became known as the “Racer’s Storm.” The ship was traveling from New York to Charleston and was operating with a damaged boiler. Hoping to wait out the storm, Captain Carlton White grounded the struggling vessel about 100 yards offshore near Ocracoke Village, but the surf tore the vessel apart. Findings from the shipwreck showed that although there were 135 people aboard, there were only three lifeboats and two life preservers. The two men who secured the life preservers lived, but 70 passengers and 25 crew members were lost. Tragedies such as this one led to Congress enacting legislation in 1852 that required ships to carry an adequate number of life preservers. Image: SS Home. (Image courtesy NC State Archives). ... See MoreSee Less
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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

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On October 7, 1904, at 10:45 p.m. the schooner “Kate Spencer” stranded about ½-mile southeast of the U.S. Life-Saving Station Cape Lookout during a strong NNE gale. The ship was spotted by the surfman on south patrol who lit a flare to signal the ship and returned to the station to get the rest of the surfmen. Under command of Head Keeper William H. Gaskill, the station crew headed out in the dark with the beach apparatus in tow. Once at the wreck, they realized the ship was so close to shore they decided to wade in and assist the six mariners through the breakers. The ship broke to pieces shortly after the men were rescued. Image: Cape Lookout Lifesaving Station. ... See MoreSee Less
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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

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“Looks good? Yep.” We couldn’t agree more with Jean in their message home about the now nostalgic image of the Menhaden Fleet from Beaufort, North Carolina. Mailed on July 2, 1946, from Beaufort to Henderson, we still don’t know who ended up getting married first! Transcription: “Look good? Yep Sure is wonderful! Enjoyed the little “paaarty.” Tell your Folks hey for us. Jean Hello, don’t get Married before we Do- hear! Had a big time at ? house. Al.” Image: Postcard Circa 1946, “Menhaden Fleet, Beaufort, N.C.” (Image courtesy NC Maritime Museums Collection). ... See MoreSee Less
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North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort

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The Fate of Ophelia:We’ve watched two Ophelias blow along the North Carolina coast — but neither kept it 100 mph on the land or the sea.The first Ophelia was a hurricane on Sept. 14, 2005, when its eyewall impacted North Carolina. Despite never fully coming ashore, Ophelia creeped slowly along the coast, bringing hurricane-force winds, including a verified gust of 93 mph, and dropping more than 17 inches of rain in some areas over the course of its three-day stay. Those were definitely sleepless nights for some but likely not the ones they’d been dreaming of. Ophelia was downgraded to a tropical storm on Sept. 16; and it moved off toward the northeast, eventually dissipating over the Norwegian Sea on Sept. 23, 2005. The next Ophelia arrived on Sept. 23, 2023, coming ashore near Emerald Isle. The storm moved through quickly and was downgraded to a tropical depression that same evening. But there was still significant storm surge along the coast and its rivers, as well as flash flooding inland around Greenville. Ophelia was no longer a tropical system when it moved on into Virginia the next day. No longer honing its power, the storm's remnants then worked their way up the U.S. coast and into New England.(Photo courtesy of National Weather Service, satellite images courtesy of NASA) ... See MoreSee Less
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