CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — More than a century after a rushed wartime shipbuilding effort during World War I, the remains of dozens of wooden steamships still sit partially submerged along ...

Matt Gregory heads to Charles County located off the Maryland coast, to paddle through the ghost fleet of Mallows Bay.

In a quiet inlet halfway down the Potomac River, Don Shomette pushes off a muddy landing in his weather-beaten canoe. It’s a trip he’s made thousands of times but as he rounds the corner upon scores ...

In 1929 the Western Marine & Salvage Company moved a fleet of 169 World War I–era steamships to Mallows Bay, a shallow inlet in the Potomac River, where they were burned to make any salvageable ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than a century after a rushed wartime shipbuilding effort during World War I, the remains of dozens of wooden steamships ...