Shipwrecks · Pinar del Río
SS Samuel Q. Brown
SS Samuel Q. Brown is a shipwreck at 20°15′00″N 84°37′59″W in Pinar del Río province. Samuel Q. Brown was a steam tanker built in 1920–1921 by Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation of Chester for Tide Water Oil Co., a subsidiary of Standard Oil, with intention of operating between New York and the oil-producing ports of the southern United States and Mexico.
SS Samuel Q. Brown: named places
No other named place is recorded close by.
SS Samuel Q. Brown: distances
170610 m at 353°: Cuban underwater city; 175180 m at 5°: Maria la Gorda; 180770 m at 357°: Playa La Barca; 260560 m at 47°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 361550 m at 32°: Port of Mariel (port); 183020 m at 350°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).
SS Samuel Q. Brown: marine life records
1 records of 1 species within 8 km, 1985 to 1985: 1 marine mammals. That is 0.5 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Stenella attenuata, 1 (marine mammals).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
SS Samuel Q. Brown: notes
Ask a dive centre whether the wreck can be visited.
Sources and data
Name and position: Wikipedia (coordinates) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel. For a wreck this is the sinking or wreck site recorded in Wikidata or Wikipedia; the hull may since have been raised, moved or broken up.