The American Star – “the ghost ship”

Close to the beach “Playa de Garcey” on the west coast of Fuerteventura there is located the wreck of the “American Star”. It was once a luxury cruise ship, but today it is almost completely submerged in the sea. The turbulent history of the luxury liner begins in 1939 when the ship was baptized by the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt on the name of SS America. During World War II the ship was used by the army and it got…

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