Scuba Diving - New Jersey & Long Island New York

Scuba Diving - New Jersey & Long Island New York

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San Jose

San Jose

Type:
shipwreck, freighter, USA ( United Fruit Company, now Chiquita )
Built:
1904, Ireland
Specs:
( 330 x 44 ft ) 3358 gross tons, 35 crew
Sunk:
Saturday January 17, 1942
collision with steamer Santa Elisa - later torpedoed by U-123 - no casualties
Depth:
100 ft

The San Jose was dynamited in the 1950's. Today she sits in 100 ft of water on a mud bottom. Her wreckage is spread over a wide area, with the main portion of the hull on its port side, pretty much intact. She can be penetrated and divers can enter long corridors with adjoining rooms. The bottom of silty mud can be disturbed very easily, dropping the normally poor visibility to zero.

New York Times

San Jose
The San Jose was a passenger freighter, with a small number of cabins for paying passengers, although no grand facilities as might be expected on a liner.

United Fruit Company
Sailing Timetable - 1912

United Fruit Company
Sailing Timetable - 1916

brochures courtesy of Maritime Timetable Images - www.timetableimages.com