HistoryLaunched:1882Fate:Wrecked 1897General characteristicsTonnage:178 tonsLength:122.5 ft (37.3 m)Beam:21 ft (6.4 m)Draft:9 ft (2.7 m)Installed power:Coal-fired 

The SS Commodore was an American steamboat that shipwrecked 12 miles offshore of this location on January, 2 1897, while en route to Cuba. The event was immortalized when passenger and author Stephen Crane, who was traveling as a war correspondent  for the Bacheller-Johnson syndicate, wrote the classic short story "The Open Boat" about his experience. Crane and three other men, including the ship's captain, Edward Murphy, were stranded in a 10-foot dinghy for nearly thirty hours off shore of this spot before they were able to reach shore; all but one of the men survived.

The shipwreck was a favorite fishing spot for local fishermen for many years. In 1985 local diver and anthropologist Don Serbousek and the Anchor Chasers Dive Club recovered rifles, bullets, ceramics and steam machinery from the site. Subsequent dives and research confirmed the wreck to be the SS Commodore. Some of the recovered artifacts can be viewed at the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse Museum.

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