RedactedNarrative: On Tuesday, November 7, 2017, Operator and Occupant left to go off shore fishing for King Mackerel off Carolina Beach.  Once off shore Operator began to look for bait fish and started moving parallel to Carolina Beach headed North near Spartanburg Ave.  Operator then struck a submerged structure later identified as a sunken boat, the CSS General Beauregard, (which sits East/ West). The sunken vessel is located approximately 100 yards off the shore in 12 to 15 feet of water and is visible during extreme low tides and full moon low tides.  Operator's vessel sustained damage to the lower unit and the underside of the hull.  Operator was traveling near the shore and did not have his GPS unit on.  Therefore he did not know if the sunken ship was plotted on any chart.  Neither of the occupants were injured during the incident.  Operator then returned to shore to assess the damage to his vessel.
  
  The CSS General Beauregard can be seen on Google Earth (above) as a historical icon.
  
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