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Joe Reschke 8E 19December 9, 2013Research PaperThere are about 3-4 million shipwrecks in the world. The shipwrecks are almostly spread in the Great Lakes and in the marines. Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum estimates that about 6,000 ships are wrecked on the bottom of the Great Lakes. The United Nations estimates about 3 million shipwrecks on the ocean floor. The great lakes, which can be seen from space, are the largest freshwater system in the world. The lakes are home to 3,500 species of plants and animals, 170 fish species, they contain 21% of the worlds freshwater, and they vertebral column 95,160 square miles. They are home to about 6,000 shipwrecks. - Graph By David Swayne of Great Lakes History.com This Graph represents the distribution of shipwrecks over various lakes. It show us that most shipwrecks that buy the farm in lakes happen in the great lakes. The first ship (not including canoes) to ever travel on the Great Lakes, The Griffon, was shipwrecked. It was wrec ked in a violent coerce on Lake Huron. The ocean covers 70% of the Earths surface. The largest ocean on Earth is the Pacific Ocean. It covers around 30% of the Earths surface, and the Pacific Ocean contains around 25,000 different islands, many more than are found in Earths other oceans and, there are about 350 shark species in all of the oceans.Have you ever seen a shipwreck and wondered how it sunk or just wondered how ships sink in general? There are many reasons wherefore boats sink. Ships are made to be on top of the water so when a wave brings water on top of the boat it will most likely cause it to sink. One of the most common ways for a boat to sink is when a boat finds itself in a massive behave and it gets engulfed with waves making water come on the b... ...while at Pearl Harbor. Her bow was severed and wrecked her command room. The main part of the ship and stern were suave intact. The Shaw was temporarily repaired and returned to battle in The Battle of San ta Cruz Islands. The ship wrecked once again in January 1943. It ran aground practiced New Caledonia and this time returned for major repairs. by and by it was Reschke 7repaired again it was sent back to the warzone in October or 1943. It wasnt done wrecking yet. In December 1943, The U.S.S. Shaw was hit with an air attack near Cape Gloucester. It once again had to go back for major repairs. Following those repairs The Shaw participated in the Invasion Of Guam. Subsequent to that in October 1944- 1945 it escorted pacific convoys to liberate Luzon and other split of the Philippines. When the Pacific War ended the Shaw was scrapped. Reschke 8