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The Carroll A. Deering



(US Coast Guard)A five-masted schooner built in 1919, the Carroll A. Deering was found hard aground and abandoned at Diamond Shoals, near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on January 31, 1921.

Rumors and more at the time indicated the Deering was a victim of piracy, possibly connected with the illegal
rum-running trade during Prohibition, and possibly involving another ship, S.S. Hewitt, which disappeared at
roughly the same time.

Just hours later, an unknown steamer sailed near the lightship along the track of the Deering, and ignored all
signals from the lightship. It is speculated that the Hewitt may have been this mystery ship, and possibly in-
volved in the Deering crew's disappearance.