New Jersey Scuba Diving

Long Island East Dive Sites Chart

Long Island - East Chart

  1. 3/4 Tug
  2. 44097 Weather Buoy
  3. 44402 Weather Buoy
  4. Amsterdam
  5. Andrea Doria
  6. Atlantic
  7. USS Baldwin
  8. Barataria
  9. USS Bass
  10. Black Point
  11. Burnside
  12. Coastwise
  13. Coimbra
  14. HMS Culloden
  15. Defender
  16. Dodger
  17. John A. Downs
  18. Essex
  19. USS G-1
  20. USS G-2
  21. Gate City
  22. Gluckauf
  23. Grecian
  24. Horton's Point / Commodore
  25. Hylton Castle
  26. John C. Fitzpatrick
  27. Kenosha
  28. Kismet Artificial Reef
  29. USS L-8
  30. Larchmont
  31. Lexington
  32. Lightburne
  33. Linda
  34. Maiden Creek
  35. Malden
  36. Mattituck Inlet
  37. Mattituck Artificial Reef
  38. Montauk Inlet
  39. Moriches Inlet
  40. Mount Sinai Harbor
  41. Myronus
  42. Norness
  43. USS Ohio
  44. Old Yankee
  45. Olinda
  46. Oregon
  47. Panther
  48. Ponquogue Bridge
  49. Port Jefferson Artificial Reef
  50. Port Jefferson Inlet
  51. Reggie
  52. Republic
  53. USS San Diego
  54. Sea Wolf
  55. Sebastian
  56. Shinnecock Inlet
  57. Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant
  58. Smithtown Artificial Reef
  59. Snug Harbor
  60. USS Spikefish
  61. Suffolk
  62. USS Tarantula
  63. Tennyson
  64. Thames
  65. Thelma Phoebe
  66. U-853
  67. Volund
  68. Wolcott

Long Island East Dive Sites

NOAA chart 12353
Chart 12353

Defender

Submarine Defender as rebuilt with sharply raked bow, and her topsides changed, ready for launch at Lake's Bridgeport base. Above her twin propellers is the shutter of a stern torpedo tube. Lake's characteristic pair of amidships planes have been folded up (they are forward and abaft the big conning tower).
Type:
shipwreck, submarine, private
Built:
1906, Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Newport News, VA USA,
as Simon Lake XV
Specs:
( 92 x 13 ft ) 200 tons
Sunk:
1946, scuttled

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Thames

Type:
shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:
1885, USA
Specs:
( 55 ft )
Sunk:
autumn 1973; foundered - no casualties
Depth:
100 ft

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Panther

Shipwreck Panther
This appears to be a lifeboat davit
Type:
shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:
1870, USA
Specs:
( 191 x 36 ft ) 712 tons, 20 crew, including barge crew
Sunk:
Wednesday August 24, 1893
foundered in storm - 17 casualties
Depth:
55 ft

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USS Bass V-2 / SS-64

Shipwreck USS Bass
This photo is signed by Admiral Chester W Nimitz.
Type:
shipwreck, submarine, U.S. Navy
Built:
1924, Portsmouth Navy Yard, NH USA
Specs:
( 341 x 28 ft ) 2000 displacement tons, no crew
Sunk:
Monday March 12, 1945
deliberate - weapons test
Depth:
155 ft - sand ; 140 ft - deck ; 120 ft - conning tower

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Charts, Dive Sites Charts, New York Dive Sites Charts,

Dive Sites References

There is actually a wealth of books on the subject of diving the New Jersey / New York area. A great deal more information, including loran numbers and/or directions, much more detailed histories and descriptions, and historical photos, can be found in these references, and I highly recommend all of them. You can find these at your local dive shop, or order all of them directly from the links on this page.

Many out-of-print titles are still available from used book dealers and can be found by searching online.

Update 2020:

Unfortunately, most of these are out of print now, but you can search out used copies.

Latest


Undiminished Violence
by Thomas G Clark		Undiminished Violence

Where Divers Dare
The Hunt for the Last U-boat
by Randall Peffer		Where Divers Dare

Hidden History of Maritime New Jersey
by Steve Nagiewicz		Hidden History of Maritime New Jersey

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