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The Nevada was a screw steamer built in 1864, only to meet her fate less than 4 years later. At 160' in length, she departed New York, bound for Cuba during the summer of 1868. She had the misfortune of running aground on Hatteras Shoals the morning of June 5th. The vessel was abandoned, though it eventually worked loose from the shoal, only to sink nearby in 75' of water. The wreck is upright, though not much is left of the vessel itself. Most of her wood hull has been consumed by the sea, though the engine and boilers still stand high off the bottom. Thousands of artifacts have been recovered including rifles, a deck prism, sabers, pistols, small and distinctive portholes, china, silverware, a small bell, and holy stones. Crates of holy stones still remain on the starboard side of the stern; these "bricks" were used to clean the wooden decks of ships and are unique nautical artifacts. Trawler nets hang wrapped around the engine, boilers, and stern, with shards of glass and portions of china suspended like Christmas tree ornaments. Numerous crates of rifles were recovered forward of the boilers under a mass of railroad ties. Brass tacks and thousands of rifle flints litter the wreck site. As most of the wreck is heavily sanded in, many divers rely on scooters or other digging methods to get to the buried cargo; digging will reveal a layer of coal that, when penetrated, will yield many an artifact.