Just one of the strange shipwrecks along the Texas coast. (Although, the Selma’s resting place was very intentional.) The SS Selma was a concrete oil tanker built in Mobile, Alabama. It was part of a U.S. initiative, approved by President Woodrow Wilson, to build 24 concrete vessels during steel shortages; only 12 were ultimately completed. Approximately 431 feet long, weighing around 7,500 tons, with 4-in thick hull and 5-in bottom. Although built as part of WWI emergency efforts, Selma didn’t