Scuba Diving - New Jersey & Long Island New York

Scuba Diving - New Jersey & Long Island New York

Chauncey Jerome Jr.

(c) Rich Galiano
This is approximately what you should see from the water

Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
Built:
1852, East Haddam CT, USA
Name:
Chauncey Jerome was an early 19th new England century clockmaker
Specs:
( 178 x 37 ft ) 1154 tons
Sunk:
Thursday Jan 12, 1854
ran aground
Depth:
20 ft

Army Corps of Engineers

bookThe Chauncey Jerome Jr was a packet ship of the Blue Ball Line. The wreck lies within the Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch NJ. It is a registered and protected historic place. Spearfishing and artifact removal are forbidden.

For detailed directions, see Shore Diving in New Jersey