The caption on the memorial plack for the Empire Mica propeller now located at Captain Anderson's Restaurant on Panama City Beach Florida reads as follows: SOLID CAST BRONZE PROPELLER FROM THE ENGLISH TANKER HMS EMPIRE MICA WAS SALVAGED BY LOCAL DIVERS FROM THE WATERS OF CAPE SAN BLAS, NEAR APALACHICOLA. THE TANKER WAS SENT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE GULF OF MEXICO BY TORPEDOES FROM A GERNAN SUBMARINE NEAR MIDNIGHT JUNE 29, 1942, WITH A LOSS OF THIRTY- THREE LIVES. THE PROPELLER WAS TAKEN BY OTHER SALVAGE OPERATORS FROM THE ORIGINAL FINDERS, BUT WAS RETURNED BY THE COURTS AND LATER PURCHASED BY CAPTAIN ANDERSONS RESTAURANT TO BE PRESERVED AS A MEMENTO OF WORLD WAR II ACTION IN THIS AREA. IT IS EIGHTEEN FEET IN DIAMETER AND WEIGHS SIXTEEN TONS-THIRTY TWO THOUSAND POUNDS! ERECTED NOVEMBER 1983

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The caption on the memorial plack for the Empire Mica propeller now located at Captain Anderson's Restaurant on Panama City Beach Florida reads as follows: SOLID CAST BRONZE PROPELLER FROM THE ENGLISH TANKER HMS EMPIRE MICA WAS SALVAGED BY LOCAL DIVERS FROM THE WATERS OF CAPE SAN BLAS, NEAR APALACHICOLA. THE TANKER WAS SENT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE GULF OF MEXICO BY TORPEDOES FROM A GERNAN SUBMARINE NEAR MIDNIGHT JUNE 29, 1942, WITH A LOSS OF THIRTY- THREE LIVES. THE PROPELLER WAS TAKEN BY OTHER SALVAGE OPERATORS FROM THE ORIGINAL FINDERS, BUT WAS RETURNED BY THE COURTS AND LATER PURCHASED BY CAPTAIN ANDERSONS RESTAURANT TO BE PRESERVED AS A MEMENTO OF WORLD WAR II ACTION IN THIS AREA. IT IS EIGHTEEN FEET IN DIAMETER AND WEIGHS SIXTEEN TONS-THIRTY TWO THOUSAND POUNDS! ERECTED NOVEMBER 1983

The caption on the memorial plack for the Empire Mica propeller now located at Captain Anderson's Restaurant on Panama City Beach Florida reads as follows:

SOLID CAST BRONZE PROPELLER
FROM THE ENGLISH TANKER HMS EMPIRE MICA WAS
SALVAGED BY LOCAL DIVERS FROM THE WATERS OF
CAPE SAN BLAS, NEAR APALACHICOLA. THE TANKER
WAS SENT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE GULF OF MEXICO
BY TORPEDOES FROM A GERNAN SUBMARINE NEAR
MIDNIGHT JUNE 29, 1942, WITH A LOSS OF THIRTY-
THREE LIVES. THE PROPELLER WAS TAKEN BY OTHER
SALVAGE OPERATORS FROM THE ORIGINAL FINDERS,
BUT WAS RETURNED BY THE COURTS AND LATER
PURCHASED BY CAPTAIN ANDERSONS RESTAURANT
TO BE PRESERVED AS A MEMENTO OF WORLD WAR II
ACTION IN THIS AREA. IT IS EIGHTEEN FEET IN
DIAMETER AND WEIGHS SIXTEEN TONS-THIRTY TWO
THOUSAND POUNDS!

ERECTED NOVEMBER 1983

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