Shipwrecks · Holguín
USS Texan
USS Texan is a shipwreck at 21°34′00″N 76°28′00″W in Holguín province. USS Texan (ID-1354) was a United States Navy cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919.
USS Texan: coast and water
30720 m at 220°: Punta Covarrubias (point); 31410 m at 199°: Bahía Guincho (bay); 31700 m at 174°: Punta Herradura (point); 31920 m at 215°: Laguna Real (lagoon); 32000 m at 185°: Playa Corella (beach); 32170 m at 172°: Playa La Playita (beach); 33200 m at 193°: Punta Mastelero (point); 33400 m at 183°: Punta Jarro (point); 33430 m at 202°: Punta Arenas (point); 33500 m at 227°: Punta Blanche (point); 34060 m at 192°: Punta Desgraciada (point); 34290 m at 192°: Punta Carenero (point); 34820 m at 231°: Punta Los Morrillos (point); 34920 m at 163°: Playa La Herradura (beach); 34930 m at 197°: Punta Mustelero (point); 35880 m at 191°: Punta Socuchito (point); 36900 m at 191°: Punta Gracia (point); 37340 m at 157°: Punta Seco Mariano (point); 38210 m at 181°: Estero el Españolito (estuary); 38390 m at 156°: Punta Piedra del Mangle (point); 39140 m at 194°: Punta La Morena (point); 39560 m at 200°: El Esterón (inlet); 40150 m at 241°: Punta Jesús (point); 40610 m at 186°: Punta Betancourt (point); 40680 m at 243°: Punta Manatí (point); 40770 m at 180°: Hacienda Yamacia (estuary); 40820 m at 240°: Punta Salsipuedes (point); 40970 m at 196°: Bahía de Puerto Padre (bay); 40990 m at 195°: Punta Gorda (point); 41480 m at 243°: Punta Roma (point); 41690 m at 221°: San Esteban (lagoon); 41730 m at 248°: Punta Brava (point); 41880 m at 223°: Cayo Largo (lagoon); 42300 m at 243°: Ensenada de la Herradura (cove); 42730 m at 187°: Playa Santo Domingo (beach); 43330 m at 152°: Punta Grande (point); 44110 m at 151°: Playa Juan Antonio (beach); 44970 m at 205°: Hacienda Maniabón (estuary); 45010 m at 150°: Playa Caliente (beach); 47390 m at 148°: Punta La Vigía (point); 47480 m at 193°: Hacienda Santo Domingo (estuary); 48290 m at 148°: Playa de Caletona (beach); 48860 m at 238°: Bahía de Manatí (bay); 49430 m at 236°: Punta Botijuela (point); 49480 m at 254°: Playa Manglito (beach); 50540 m at 240°: Estero San Joaquín (cove); 51220 m at 258°: Nuevas Grandes (estuary); 51260 m at 257°: Punta Sotavento (point); 51350 m at 258°: Punta Manglito (point); 51370 m at 256°: Punta Barlovento (point); 53660 m at 263°: Punta Arenal (point); 55380 m at 143°: Punta Bejuquero (point); 56130 m at 252°: Estero de Lizarte (estuary); 56710 m at 253°: Bahía de Nuevas Grandes (inlet); 56760 m at 215°: Hacienda La Cana (estuary); 59420 m at 270°: Playa Santa Lucía (beach).
USS Texan: islands
31900 m at 196°: Cayo Guincho (island); 33980 m at 212°: Cayo Burro (island); 37850 m at 183°: Cayo Largo (island); 37940 m at 189°: Cayo Puerco (island); 38210 m at 182°: Cayo Totí (island); 38320 m at 191°: Cayo Juan Claro (island); 38630 m at 215°: Cayo La Iguana (island); 38950 m at 183°: La Sarina (island); 50270 m at 238°: Los Cayuelos (island group).
USS Texan: inland
31420 m at 220°: Hotel Brisas Covarrubias (hotel); 32540 m at 175°: Playa la Herradura (settlement); 32580 m at 175°: La Herradura (settlement); 34620 m at 217°: San Juan de Malagueta (locality); 35880 m at 191°: Punta Carenero (settlement); 36350 m at 173°: Laguna Blanca (settlement); 37110 m at 167°: Las Nuevas (settlement); 38590 m at 191°: Puerto Carúpano (settlement); 41050 m at 210°: Río El Yarey (stream); 41100 m at 173°: Platanal (hamlet); 41100 m at 214°: Loma Jibarita (hill); 41670 m at 192°: Puerto Padre (airfield); 42230 m at 240°: Mono Ciego (settlement); 42320 m at 222°: Arroyo La Cana (stream); 42610 m at 201°: La Morena (settlement); 42650 m at 204°: La Soledad (locality); 42970 m at 217°: Betancourt Número Uno (locality); 43140 m at 190°: Río Santo Domingo (stream); 43170 m at 233°: James Irming (locality); 43380 m at 152°: Uverito (locality); 43540 m at 239°: Puerto Manatí (settlement); 43590 m at 207°: Francisco Rodríguez (locality); 43850 m at 197°: Aguada (settlement); 43900 m at 189°: La Blanca (locality).
USS Texan: distances
33290 m at 165°: Playa la Genovesa; 34240 m at 163°: Playa Azul; 42730 m at 187°: Playa Santo Domingo; 80680 m at 217°: Hermanos Ameijeiras Airport ; 82060 m at 269°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 186950 m at 161°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
USS Texan: marine life records
2 records of 2 species within 8 km, 2000 to 2017: 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 turtles. That is 1.0 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Numenius phaeopus, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Caretta caretta, 1 (turtles).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
USS Texan: notes
The position is a published coordinate and can be approximate.
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.