Shipwrecks

Wreck of the Olive Thurlow

"It was a wonder that any was saved, and that those in attempting to save them was not also killed..."

Wreck of the Vera Cruz VII

One of the most unusual and well-known rescues at Ocracoke Inlet. Remembered less for the wreck itself than for her cargo.

Rescue of the Sarah D.J. Rawson

"You have to go out, you don't have to come back." That was the unofficial motto of the U.S. Life-Saving Service.