![]() “Realizing that they had been spotted, the crew of the Rio Grande abandoned the ship and its cargo after purposely trying to sink (ie scuttle) it. ![]() “In January 1944, the SS Rio Grande, a German blockade runner, was carrying tin, copper, cobalt and crude rubber bales when she was spotted by the USS Omaha (a cruiser) and USS Jouett (a destroyer) off the coast of Brazil,” the PINS post states. Rubber bales like this one started washing up on Texas and Florida beaches in 2020, but before that, they were washing.Posted by Padre Island National Seashore on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 ![]()
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