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The stunning wreck of SS America who snapped her tow line in an Atlantic storm and ran aground off the Canary Islands
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Built in 1940, the SS America had been mostly a passenger ship undergoing several different names up until the wreck, which occurred in 1994. In 1941, during a period of time when the ship was used by the Navy, there were two Nazi spies aboard among the crew. They were part of the Duquesne Spy Ring and were later convicted, along with 31 other agents when the FBI uncovered them. It was the largest espionage conviction in U.S. History. In 1994, on what was supposed to be a 100-day journey, they ran into a storm and later the ship went aground just off of the Canary Islands and eventually broke in two.
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Built in 1940, the SS America had been mostly a passenger ship undergoing several different names up until the wreck, which occurred in 1994. In 1941, during a period of time when the ship was used by the Navy, there were two Nazi spies aboard among the crew. They were part of the Duquesne Spy Ring and were later convicted, along with 31 other agents when the FBI uncovered them. It was the largest espionage conviction in U.S. History. In 1994, on what was supposed to be a 100-day journey, they ran into a storm and later the ship went aground just off of the Canary Islands and eventually broke in two.
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