Ed Schmidiger YON-81

Ocean Wreck Divers III reef
Type:
artificial reef, barge, tank, US Navy
Built:
1942, Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange TX USA
Specs:
( 174 x 40 ft ) 200 tons light
Sponsor:
Ocean Wreck Divers
Sunk:
Wednesday October 8, 1997 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°00.587' -73°59.391'

Overloaded with tire units and flipped over during sinking according to Captain Steve Nagiewicz.


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Shipwreck Cornelia Soule
Type:
shipwreck, schooner, USA
Specs:
306 tons, 6 crew
Sunk:
Saturday April 26, 1902
ran aground in bad weather - no casualties
GPS:
40°25.992' -73°10.620' (AWOIS 2013)
Depth:
25 ft