Crossroads Ships Graveyard (The Life of SpongeBob SquarePants)

The Crossroads Ships Graveyard is a designated area in the Wilderness that serves as the final resting place for the ships sunk during Operation Crossroads in 1946. The area is encircled by walls and the entrance is marked by a golden gate. The area and the ships within are intended to be left alone in peace, although human divers are allowed to visit them from time to time; this is reinforced by the underwater creatures' belief that there are ghosts haunting the place, resulting in no one of them visiting the area for years until Eugene H. Krabs, SpongeBob SquarePants, Squidward Tentacles, and Gary the Snail pay a visit ("The Bandits of the Wilderness"). However, this state of neglect has resulted in the gate and walls falling into a state of severe deterioration. Furthermore, a group of bandits has made this graveyard their residence, unnoticed by all other creatures for a long time.

Location
The graveyard is located within the Wilderness. It is accessible from Bikini Bottom, located to the west of the graveyard, through Neptune's Road 1.

Wrecks in this graveyard

 * USS Gilliam (APA-57)
 * Japanese cruiser Sakawa
 * USS Carlisle (APA-69)
 * USS Anderson (DD-411)
 * USS Lamson (DD-367)
 * USS Arkansas (BB-33)
 * USS Pilotfish (SS-386)
 * USS Saratoga (CV-3)
 * Yard oiler YO-160
 * Japanese battleship Nagato
 * USS Skipjack (SS-184)
 * USS Apogon (SS-308)
 * Drydock ARDC-13