Two concrete tankers, the SS Selma and SS Durham, turn a wartime shortcut into coastal legend. We trace how steel shortages sparked bold builds, why those ships failed at sea, and how their wrecks still shape fishing, folklore, and engineering lessons. • concrete ship origins during WWI steel shortage • how reinforced concrete hulls promised speed and savings • the Selma’s specs, accident, failed repairs, and scuttling • the wreck as reef, prohibition liquor smash, local lore • Frenchy LeBla...
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