A World War II subchaser has been sitting in North Carolina’s Cape Fear River for 80 years, and historians are investigating its mysterious journey inland.
According to the Charlotte Observer, East Carolina University has embarked on an “archaeological biography” to uncover how the USS Patrol Craft-1084, originally built to defend against German submarines, ended up more than 100 miles from the ocean.
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