Artifacts
Several artifacts associated with the wrecked schooner are on public display in Oregon. An officer's sword, allegedly from an officer of the Shark, is on display at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, Oregon, along with portions of a rock, known as Shark Rock, featuring words and dates believed to be etched on by survivors of the wreck. The schooner's capstan and one carronade are viewable at the Cannon Beach Historical Society in Cannon Beach, Oregon. The carronade was discovered four or five miles north of Arch Cape in 1898, and is what gave Cannon Beach its name. On 16 February 2008, two more carronades believed to have been a part of the USS Shark were discovered on the beach near Arch Cape, Oregon.
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