Combining Historical, Remote-Sensing, and Photogrammetric Data to Estimate the Wreck Site of the USS <i>Kearsarge</i>
Colombia has hundreds of historical shipwrecks, but systematic research on this topic is scarce, which makes locating wreck sites problematic. Colombia is home to the Caribbean archipelago of San Andres, Old Providence, and Santa Catalina. Its complex environmental conditions make it a “ship trap”....
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| description | Colombia has hundreds of historical shipwrecks, but systematic research on this topic is scarce, which makes locating wreck sites problematic. Colombia is home to the Caribbean archipelago of San Andres, Old Providence, and Santa Catalina. Its complex environmental conditions make it a “ship trap”. On 2 February 1894, the USS <i>Kearsarge</i> ran aground on Roncador Cay, one of the Archipelago’s islets, and the location of the wreck site remains uncertain. Due to its role in the American Civil War, the <i>Kearsarge</i> is important naval heritage. Based on historical and cartographic records, orthophotographs, Landsat images, and light-detection-and-ranging (LiDAR) data, this study aimed to estimate the location of the wreck site in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Court-martial records, particularly nautical data and astronomical coordinates, were reviewed, including a study from 1894 indicating the wreck’s location on a map without coordinates. Nautical charts were also analyzed to find the <i>Kearsarge</i> wreck symbol. To identify the wreck site’s ordnance, logbooks and information on previous salvage efforts were examined. The analysis of nautical charts revealed a few shipwrecks, but not the <i>Kearsarge</i>. Historical and remote-sensing data were processed in a GIS, along with the most recent nautical chart of Roncador Cay from 2017, to obtain a possible geographical location. This resulted in coordinates, which were used to detect features associated with the USS <i>Kearsarge</i> in the processed data. Although the wreck was not detected, the data helped to estimate the approximate coordinates for where the wreck could be located, quantifying our degree of uncertainty. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-735ae9b785f647e0addba95961a7e6eb2023-11-17T11:22:46ZengMDPI AGHeritage2571-94082023-02-01632308233210.3390/heritage6030122Combining Historical, Remote-Sensing, and Photogrammetric Data to Estimate the Wreck Site of the USS <i>Kearsarge</i>William Gomez Pretel0Andres Carvajal Diaz1Moonsoo Jeong2Korean Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology, 367 Haeyangro, Yeungdo-gu, Busan 49111, Republic of KoreaColombia Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Directorate of Sectorial and Urban Affairs, Bogota 11321, ColombiaDivision of Navigation Convergence, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan 49112, Republic of KoreaColombia has hundreds of historical shipwrecks, but systematic research on this topic is scarce, which makes locating wreck sites problematic. Colombia is home to the Caribbean archipelago of San Andres, Old Providence, and Santa Catalina. Its complex environmental conditions make it a “ship trap”. On 2 February 1894, the USS <i>Kearsarge</i> ran aground on Roncador Cay, one of the Archipelago’s islets, and the location of the wreck site remains uncertain. Due to its role in the American Civil War, the <i>Kearsarge</i> is important naval heritage. Based on historical and cartographic records, orthophotographs, Landsat images, and light-detection-and-ranging (LiDAR) data, this study aimed to estimate the location of the wreck site in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Court-martial records, particularly nautical data and astronomical coordinates, were reviewed, including a study from 1894 indicating the wreck’s location on a map without coordinates. Nautical charts were also analyzed to find the <i>Kearsarge</i> wreck symbol. To identify the wreck site’s ordnance, logbooks and information on previous salvage efforts were examined. The analysis of nautical charts revealed a few shipwrecks, but not the <i>Kearsarge</i>. Historical and remote-sensing data were processed in a GIS, along with the most recent nautical chart of Roncador Cay from 2017, to obtain a possible geographical location. This resulted in coordinates, which were used to detect features associated with the USS <i>Kearsarge</i> in the processed data. Although the wreck was not detected, the data helped to estimate the approximate coordinates for where the wreck could be located, quantifying our degree of uncertainty.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/6/3/122Colombiadetectionordnanceremote sensingshipwrecksUnited States |
| spellingShingle | William Gomez Pretel Andres Carvajal Diaz Moonsoo Jeong Combining Historical, Remote-Sensing, and Photogrammetric Data to Estimate the Wreck Site of the USS <i>Kearsarge</i> Heritage Colombia detection ordnance remote sensing shipwrecks United States |
| title | Combining Historical, Remote-Sensing, and Photogrammetric Data to Estimate the Wreck Site of the USS <i>Kearsarge</i> |
| title_full | Combining Historical, Remote-Sensing, and Photogrammetric Data to Estimate the Wreck Site of the USS <i>Kearsarge</i> |
| title_fullStr | Combining Historical, Remote-Sensing, and Photogrammetric Data to Estimate the Wreck Site of the USS <i>Kearsarge</i> |
| title_full_unstemmed | Combining Historical, Remote-Sensing, and Photogrammetric Data to Estimate the Wreck Site of the USS <i>Kearsarge</i> |
| title_short | Combining Historical, Remote-Sensing, and Photogrammetric Data to Estimate the Wreck Site of the USS <i>Kearsarge</i> |
| title_sort | combining historical remote sensing and photogrammetric data to estimate the wreck site of the uss i kearsarge i |
| topic | Colombia detection ordnance remote sensing shipwrecks United States |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/6/3/122 |
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