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West Wreck

Type:
shipwreck
Depth:
210 ft

unidentified wooden wreck

So-named because it is west of several well-known wrecks, such as the Texas Tower and the Bidevind.

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U-550

Type IX U-boat
Type:
shipwreck, Type IXc/40 U-boat, Kriegsmarine, Germany
Built:
1942, Germany
Specs:
( 252 x 22 ft ) 1051 displacement tons, 48-56 crew
Sunk:
Saturday April 16, 1944
by depth charges and gunfire from destroyer escorts USS Gandy, USS Joyce and USS Peterson after torpedoing tanker Pan Pennsylvania - 44 casualties.
Depth:
300 ft

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