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Of course, all sorts of important [[Plot Coupon|plot-related things]] could be hidden in such a place - [[Pirate]] [[Pirate Booty|gold]], the lost plans to a [[Forgotten Superweapon]], spare parts for the heroes' own badly damaged ship, an unexplainable [[Distress Call]]—and there is no end to the possibilities of having mutant enemies or [[Durable Deathtrap|ancient security systems]] that get between the heroes and their goal.
Between the idea of exploring tumbling derelicts crammed with ancient technology, apparently dead hulks suddenly coming to life, a hidden base made of ancient battleships linked together, the explorers running into weird indigenous creatures or the mutant cannibal descendants of the original crews, the kind of dread powers that can gather all these vessels together in the first place, and simply the whole idea of abandoned, empty derelicts, the
Compare: [[Ghost Ship]]. See Also: [[The Bermuda Triangle]], [[Saharan Shipwreck]].
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* Paracas, a bay in Ica, Peru has sunken ships in what's now a national reserve, they are wooden and much joy for children...
* Pearl Harbor has a small graveyard of two sunken ships, the ''USS Arizona'' and ''Utah'', that have remained there since the Japanese attack on the harbor during World War II. There used to be more sunken ships, but the majority were salvaged, with the ''Arizona'' and ''Utah'' deemed too damaged to raise. The ''Arizona'' itself was eventually turned into a war memorial.
** The ''Arizona''
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