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On National Maritime Day (22 May) , the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority (DWCPA) opened the Portal View, a kiosk-style maritime educational resource on the Detroit waterfront. The small museum, housed in a repurposed shipping container, features information on the origins oflocally built ships and an interac tive co mputer system provided by the online interactive location site Boar Nerd (http: //ais.boarnerd. com/), displaying the locat ions of vessels on the Great Lakes. Visitors to the kiosk can also see an anchor from SS Greater Detroit (1924), one of the two largest steamships built on the Grear Lakes, which was pulled our of the Detroit River last year. (DWCPA: www. porrderroir.com) ... Maritime archaeologists and researchers in Sweden have identified a 17th-century shipwreck discovered in 2003 near the island ofDalaro in the Stockholm archipelago as the Bodekull, a small warship that was lost in 1678. The shipwreck puzzled archaeologists because it shared many characteristics of a Scandinavian warship, such as gun ports along the sides, and a beakhead with a lion figurehead, bur the ship was much smaller than other examples from that time period. The remains are in excellent condition with an intact deck and two masts standing. Items found on the site include Rim
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