2.75 mi. NW of Egmont Key, Crystal River, Florida. County/parish: Hillsborough.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 2018. NRIS 100003048.
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
USS Narcissus was a screw steamer launched in July 1863 as Mary Cook at East Albany, New York, United States. It was purchased by the Union Navy in New York City on September 23rd, 1863 from James D. Stevenson; and commissioned at New York Navy Yard on February 2nd, 1864, with Acting Ensign William G. Jones in command.
On 19 October 2018, the shipwreck was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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