<span>Built as the Virginia Lee<span> in 1928 in Quincy, Massachusetts, the ship provided convoy duty and hauled strategic war materials during World War II. After the war and several owners later, it began operating as a ferryboat between Boston, Plymouth, and Provincetown. While transiting to Houston, Texas, the ship was damaged in a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Once again, it was sold and overhauled, this time to make it capable of hauling 70 cars and 1,200 passengers. A fire in 1964, took the ship permanently out of commission and around 1973 it was brought to Mallows Bay and abandoned.<br><br>To learn more, click here: <a href="https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/mallows-potomac/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/mallows-potomac/</a> </span></span>
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