Ships stranded on Dog Island during Hurricane Carrabelle 1899 have been dug up completely by the vicious hurricane of the storm wave Michael last week in Franklin County, Florida.

Of the 15 ships stranded on the barrier island during the storm of 119 years ago, it's hard to know which ones or how many were discovered by Michael.

Sitting on the Gulf of Mexico side, the wooden ships are now lying in plain sight near the west end of the island.

The ships that stranded on Dog Island during Hurricane Carrabelle in 1899 were completely discovered by the terrible storm wave of Hurricane Michael last week. (Photo: Courtesy Carrabelle Boat Club)

These are well-documented wrecks, according to the Florida State Department. Given that resources allocated by the state are allocated to more urgent recovery efforts following a hurricane, no state archaeologist has planned to visit the site.

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"They have been stationary for the most part since 1899, when they were destroyed by a hurricane," DOS spokeswoman Sarah Revell wrote. "From time to time, some parts of the site have been exposed."

The 1899 Hurricane passed through the Florida Keys to the Gulf of Mexico, where it strengthened to become what would now be described as a Category 2 storm. He ransacked Lanark and St. Teresa Beach. Carrabelle, Florida, left only nine houses standing and killed a woman, who was crushed by a house.

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