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The Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga was rammed and sunk by the M/V Santa Cruz II, the night 20 October 1978, at he mouth of the Potomac River. Due to mutual error, the Santa Cruz II slammed into the starboard side of the cutter, damaging her so severely that the Cuyahoga sank within two minutes. Ten days later, Navy divers were able to facilitate the salvage of the cutter.

Following the investigation, the Cuyahoga was stripped and sunk as an artificial reef off the Chesapeake Bay approaches. She is intact and sits upright in ~100' of water.

(Photo courtesy of Bobby Ballance)