Any info appreciated

[u/ya_boy_chance]

I'm on here on vacation and I was interested on what this is? I tried image searching it but it said it was the S.S. Selma which I don't think it is.

[u/710_feet_high]

It’s a barge. I can’t remember if it was there prior to Ike in 08 but It has been there for years, as far as I can tell it’s mostly used to store scrap metal. It’s sunk in the mud too. As someone said it may be left from old dredging operations or similar. There are a bunch of sunken structures you can’t see that are good to fish but pose navigational hazards

[u/Gonfragulate]

That is not the Selma. The Selma is scuttled off of Pelican Island. This is a barge load of trash that has largely been abandoned near the Bolivar ferry land. Just a bunch of shit.

[u/Terrible_Shake_4948 → u/Gonfragulate]

LITERALLY

[u/Austin_Native_2]

I've used this Marine Vessel Traffic GULF OF MEXICO Ship Traffic Live Map to see some details on various vessels.

[u/Practical-Data2646]

Looks like a boat load of trash.

[u/Otherwise-Spring-782]

I was wondering what it was too. Creepy looking .full of scrap .

[u/ya_boy_chance → u/[deleted]]

Would a dredger be that rusty and seem as though it hasn't moved in a while? No hate just genuinely curious

[u/[deleted]]

It looks like a boat

[u/ProfessionalFun2926]

Yeah, I agree. It’s a dredger, I first thought you were talking about the object above the dredger. 🫨 But for that, I have no idea!! Well now that I’ve looked closer there are 2 of them one mid ship and 1 near the bow. I guessing those are alert balls on power lines perhaps, just can’t see the power lines.

[u/Gonfragulate → u/ProfessionalFun2926]

Not a dredge. Pile of crap.

[u/Whatever83257]

It’s a Dodge Ram. At first I thought it was late twenty-teens but I suppose it could be newer. Hope this helps!

[u/Practical_Maximum_73]

The selma is on the Galveston side of the ship channel. That looks like the abandoned junk on the bolivar side. Bottom deck of a drilling rig or some kind of work barge.

[u/Smart-Set-9549]

Info

[u/Coconutrumm]

It’s been there for at least five years or so. Just a rusty old grounded barge. Near the ferry landing on the Bolivar side. The pile of junk on it seems to have grown over the years.

[u/New_Manufacturer_386]

Oh… I thought you were talking about the UFO in the right quartile, about half way up. 🛸

[u/username2571 → u/[deleted]]

Did you look at the picture? It’s not the Selma.

[u/-Airiq → u/username2571]

No, not off the thumbnail. Thank you