New Jersey Scuba Diving

Type:

artificial reef, trawler, clam dredge, USA

Built:

1948, Bath Iron Works, Maine, USA

Specs:

( 117 x 24 ft ) 195 gross tons

Sponsor:

Eirek's Dock, Fisherman Magazine

Sunk:

Thursday October 16, 1986 - Cape May Artificial Reef

GPS:

38°51.860' -74°42.965'

Depth:

65 ft

engine & pilot house removed, clam dredges added

Laita was one of twenty sisters built at Bath Iron Works. They were given to the French government under the Marshall Plan, to make up for losses to the fishing fleet in World War II. Laita is sister to Winthrop, cousin to Bad Bob's Big Boat.