HALF MOON (shipwreck)
National Register of Historic Places

HALF MOON (shipwreck)

Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Listed
May 30, 2001
Type
Site
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
01000531

About this property

The Half Moon (also known as the Germania and Exen) was a racing sailboat; it sank in 1930 near Miami, Florida, United States. The wreck is outside Bear Cut, which separates Virginia Key from Key Biscayne. Christened Germania, the racing yacht featured a chrome-nickel steel hull built by Krupp-Germania-Werft in 1908 in Kiel, Germany. During a visit to England in 1914, the yacht was seized as a 'war prize'. After changing owners several times, and surviving an especially-violent storm off Virginia, the yacht became a floating restaurant and dance hall off Miami. It sank near Key Biscayne in 1930. In 2000, the wreck became the seventh Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve. In 2001, it was added to the US National Register of Historic Places.

Location

Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida
25.72794, -80.13425

Categories

ENTERTAINMENT/RECREATIONSOCIAL HISTORYHISTORIC - NON-ABORIGINAL
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was HALF MOON (shipwreck) listed on the National Register?

HALF MOON (shipwreck) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 30, 2001.

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HALF MOON (shipwreck) is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for HALF MOON (shipwreck) is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1908.

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