New Jersey Scuba Diving

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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March 28, 2025

Susan Rose Update

March 28, 2025

The Susan Rose has been raised and is presently at a dock in Point Pleasant. Hopefully it will be sunk on a New York reef, for all to use.

Dragger Susan Rose Raised One Year After Sinking

National Fisherman Staff
Mid-Atlantic Northeast News
November 22, 2024

Resolve Marine's RMG 400 lift barge raised the trawler Susan Rose from where it sank off Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. in November 2023. Jersey Shore Fire Response Photo.

The Rhode Island steel trawler Susan Rose was raised from the sea floor this week a year after sinking off Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., removed as a hazard to navigation.

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