The Dry Tortugas Ferry to Fort Jefferson is a visitor attraction in Key West, Florida, service is provided by the "Yankee Freedom III", a high-speed Incat-designed catamaran that takes visitors on the almost 70 mi trip out to Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas National Park, a national park in the United States about 68 mi west of Key West in which location?
Dry Tortugas Ferry to Fort Jefferson The Dry Tortugas Ferry to Fort Jefferson is a visitor attraction in Key West, Florida. Service is provided by the "Yankee Freedom III", a high-speed Incat-designed catamaran that takes visitors on the almost 70 mi trip out to Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National Park. The service is a licensed National Park Service concessioner, and the only provider of scheduled ferry access to the Dry Tortugas for a ten-year term through 2020.
Josephine (shipwreck) Josephine was an American iron-hull, sidewheel steamer that transported mail, freight, and passengers, in the Gulf of Mexico, mainly between New Orleans, Louisiana and Galveston, Texas, beginning in 1868. In 1881, the "Josephine" was transferred to the New Orleans – Havana route. Returning from Havana in February 1881, the "Josephine" encountered a winter storm in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Biloxi, Mississippi, took on water and sank, but all passengers and crew survived. In 2000, the "Josephine" shipwreck was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.