SS Tarpon

SS Tarpon lies in the Gulf off Panama City, Florida, where the steamship sank in 1937 and now forms a protected underwater archaeological site. Built in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1887 as the Naugatuck, the iron-hulled vessel was later lengthened and renamed Tarpon. After its 1902 sale to the Pensacola, St. Andrews, and Gulf Steamship Company, it spent decades in weekly Gulf port service under Captain Willis Green Barrow. Its long career ended in rough seas while carrying cargo and 25 crewmen; only Addley Baker survived, swimming 25 miles to shore. The wreck was later preserved and listed for its historical significance.