On Aug. 28, the Isaac Allerton encountered hurricane-force winds off the Florida Keys. Driven across the reef, the ship lost its rudder and sank. Its cargo was valued at $150,000, highest in the ...

After extensive research, it was identified as the Isaac Allerton, a 137-foot merchant sailing ship. "We were destined to find this," says Steve Maloney, now a financial risk manager in Tallahassee.

Isaac Allerton left Marblehead in 1635 and handed over all his property, including his land, to Maverick. Moses Maverick went on to be one of Marblehead’s most important founding fathers, ...

Sept. 5, 2012— -- Hurricane Isaac has uncovered the remains of an old sailing ship on an Alabama beach, prompting questions about when the ship wrecked and where it came from. The remains of ...

In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 photo, the ghostly remains of an old wooden ship rest along a private beach at Fort Morgan, Ala. The ship is the Rachel, a schooner built in Pascagoula, Miss ...

Fletcher was excited to find more of the ship exposed after Isaac. He tugged at a orange-tinged and barnacle-encrusted rope to pull more of it from underneath sand before taking picture.

Shifting sands from Isaac reveal 1923 shipwreck . September 7, 2012 at 9:03 p.m. | Updated September 7, 2012 at 9:03 p.m. by Associated Press. In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 photo, the ghostly ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. -- The pounding surf and currents from Hurricane Isaac on a remote spit of Alabama shoreline has again revealed the wreckage of a schooner that ran aground in 1923, delighting ...