Sub Chaser SC-60

Sub Chaser
WW I submarine chasers
Type:
shipwreck, submarine chaser, U.S. Navy
Built:
1917, New York Naval Shipyard, New York NY USA
Specs:
( 110 x 14 ft ) 85 tons
Sunk:
Tuesday October 1, 1918
collision with tanker Fred W. Waller - 2 casualties
Depth:
45 ft

Sub Chasers were lightly built, with wooden hulls and gasoline engines. The three engines would be the largest remains, if indeed there are any.

from AWOIS: 1571

FE330SS/89 -- OPR-C147-HE-89; CONTACT #1 FROM SURVEY H-10284; DIVER INVESTIGATION FOUND A LARGE MASS OF WOOD AND STEEL WRECKAGE OF UNDETERMINED TYPE; BADLY DETERIORATED AND RISING 10 FT OFF THE BOTTOM; EVALUATOR FOR H-10284/88 SPECULATED THAT THIS MIGHT BE AWOIS ITEM 1570, HOWEVER, DIVERS FROM THIS SURVEY REPORTED THAT THE WRECKAGE DID NOT RESEMBLE A TUG; LORAN C RATES: 9960-W 15491.8, 9960-X 26937.5, 9960-Y 43654.5, 9960-Z 59840.0; LORAN POSITION IS CLOSE TO LORAN RATES PROVIDED BELOW BY RICHARD TARACKA FOR WRECK HE IDENTIFIED AS SUB CHASER; THE WRECKAGE FOUND DURING THIS SURVEY HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO AWOIS AS ITEM 8071 PENDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO VERIFY IDENTITY. (UPDATED MSD 7/91)

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copper penny

Copper, brass, and bronze are all relatively immune to saltwater corrosion. Brass artifacts of all sorts are easily cleaned up into shiny souvenirs for those who value them. Bright green copper sheets and tubes add color to many wrecks, while bronze is the material of choice for the most coveted of all diver's artifacts - a ship's bell.

Copper and some of its alloys have been used by humanity since the Bronze Age. One of the first metals known to humans, free copper was probably mined in the Tigris-Euphrates valley as long ago as the 5th century BC. Cyprus, from which the metal's name originally comes, was the primary source of copper in the ancient world.