SS Central America: Haunting photos recovered the 'ship of gold' wreck on ocean floor
SS Central America: Haunting photos recovered the 'ship of gold' wreck on ocean floor In 1857, the SS Central America, also known as the "ship of sold", sank off the coast of the US state of South Carolina, along with some new-found riches from the California Gold Rush. It was a hurricane that sealed the fate for 425 people returning to the US east coast.photographyshipwreckLINK