The Dive Hatteras website claims that a Union ship called the Pocahontas lies just off shore of Sand Street in Salvo, North Carolina. It is also referred to as the Richmond by some divers. The site says the wooden paddle wheel steamer was sunk during the Burnside Expedition before the Battle of Roanoke Island in 1862.
All that now remains is the massive steam engine parts, the shaft and one of the hubs of the paddle wheel. One end of the paddle wheel shaft is quite a bit above the water which makes it an easy wreck to find, 10-15 feet above the water about 75 yards out. The other end of the exposed shaft is still attached to the paddle wheel assembly.
I looked up two US Naval ships by the names given. The USS Pocahontas was sold in 1865 and the USS Richmond saw service up until 1919 and neither ship was listed as being with the Burnside Expedition.
Perhaps it was a troop transport?
What Ship Sank There? --Old B-Runner
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