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Long Island West Dive Sites Chart

Long Island West Dive Sites

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Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1900, Perth Amboy NJ USA
Specs:: ( 109 x 24 ft ) 268 gross tons, 17 crew
Sunk:: Monday July 19, 1920
sprung a leak - no casualties
Depth:: 110 ft

wooden

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USS Algol AKA-54

USS Algol reef — The *Algol* just prior to sinking, November 1991.

Type:: artificial reef, Andromeda class attack transport ( freighter ), U.S. Navy, also known as a "Victory Ship", although often incorrectly referred to as a Liberty Ship
Name:: One of a series of Navy transports named for stars;
Algol is a star in the constellation Perseus, also known as the Demon star.
Built:: 1943; Oakland CA USA, as James Barnes
Specs:: ( 459 x 63 ft ) 13910 displacement tons, 429 crew *
* this figure almost certainly includes embarked Marines
Sponsor:: Federal Aid in Sportfish Restoration
Sunk:: Thursday November 22, 1991 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.545' -73°41.450'
Depth:: 145 ft +, starts at 70 ft, main deck at 110 ft

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Yankee (G&D)

Type:: shipwreck, Great Lakes freighter, USA
Built:: 1890, USA, as German
Specs:: ( 296 x 40 ft ) 2418 gross tons, 30 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Wednesday June 11, 1919
collision with liner Argentina - no casualties
Depth:: 110 ft

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Deep and dark, the Mud Hole is the Hudson River's channel from a time when the oceans were much lower. Today it collects all the silt and sediment that the river carries out to the sea, making it a very fertile fishing ground, frequented by pelagic fishes and sharks.

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Ioannis P. Goulandris

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Greece
Name:: One of the Goulandris brothers, who's shipping company owned the vessel.
Built:: 1910, England, as Maria Stathatos
Specs:: ( 362 x 51 ft ) 3750 gross tons, 31 crew
Sunk:: Tuesday December 1, 1942
collision with freighter Intrepido - no casualties
Depth:: 190 ft

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Hylton Castle

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, England
Built:: 1871, England
Specs:: ( 251 x 32 ft ) 1258 gross tons, 22 crew
Sunk:: Monday January 11, 1886
overloaded and foundered in storm - no casualties
Depth:: 95 ft