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Exploring the Potomac River's World War I ship graveyard

Sometimes history lies hidden just around the corner. Just south of Washington, D.C., is a graveyard with more than 100 wooden ships that date to World War I — the Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay.

NPR’s Frank Langfitt reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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