SS Central America SS中美洲号运金船
During the 1850s, this steamship ran passengers and cargo between the eastern coast of the United States and Central America. In 1857, the steamer sank in a hurricane, taking her passengers and cargo to the ocean floor. The cargo included gold bars and coins worth an estimated $400 million. The Columbus-America Discovery Group, a salvage operation assembled to locate the wreck, found the SS Central America in September 1987, recovering vast quantities of gold worth.
在1850年代,这艘蒸汽船主要是在美国东部海岸和美国中部之间行驶,运送货物和乘客。1857年,这艘蒸汽船遇到飓风而沉没,船上的乘客和货物都沉入了海底。船上装载的金条和金币总价值估计达到了4亿美金!美国哥伦比亚搜寻公司组织了一个打捞团队来寻找残骸地点,在1987年的9月找到了SS中美洲号,大量的金条和金币重现天日。
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