New Jersey Scuba Diving

from AWOIS: 1531

FE331SS/89 -- OPR-C147-HE-89; CONTACT #9; SIDE-SCAN SONAR CONTACT, FOUND ON ABOVE SURVEY, INVESTIGATED BY DIVERS; LOCATED THE REMAINS OF A LARGE SUNKEN WOODEN SHIP; APPEARED TO HAVE SETTLED KEEL DOWN AND TO ONE SIDE; ONLY ONE SHEER STRAKE RUNNING 40 M LONG AND SOME DECK PLANKS WERE EXPOSED; MOST OF THE SHIP WAS BURIED IN THE SAND; CURRENT SCOUR ALONG THE OUTBOARD SIDE OF THE WRECK ACCOUNTED FOR THE DIVERS MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 64 FT; SHOALEST POINT ROSE APPROXIMATELY 3 FT OFF A SANDY BOTTOM; PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE LEAST DEPTH OF 54 FT. (UPDATED MSD 7/91)

24 NO. 361; SUNK 1939, CGS WD CLEARED TO 42 FT IN 1939
27 NO.644; LOCATED BY U.S.C. & G.S. IN SEPT. 1939, CLEARED TO 42 FT.