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1860s shipwreck explored under Cook Inlet

139 years ago a ship hauling soldiers to southcentral Alaska to build a fort sunk in Cook Inlet after it grounded on a reef south of the Kenai Peninsula. A team of divers led by Anchorage book store owner Steve Lloyd found the remains of the vessel over the summer diving season.Lori Townsend, APRN - Anchorage