New Jersey Scuba Diving

Type:

shipwreck, sailing ship, USA

Built:

1852, East Haddam CT, USA

Name:

Chauncey Jerome was an early 19th new England century clock maker

Specs:

( 178 x 37 ft ) 1154 tons

Sunk:

Thursday Jan 12, 1854
ran aground

Depth:

20 ft

The 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