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Captain Sam

Type:
artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:
1979, Hudson Shipbuilders, Pascagoula MS
Specs:
( 76 ft )
Sunk:
Friday November 6, 1998 - Moriches Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:
40°43.506' -72°46.397'

Captain Sam was bought by the federal government for $517,000 in a fleet-reduction buyout program. The buyout was not for the boat itself, but for its right to fish. The owner was then left to dispose of the vessel as he saw fit.

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Thurmond

Shipwreck Thurmond
The unusual submarine-like hull form of a whale-back steamer. Sea-keeping was poor, and the design was ultimately not successful, and died out.
Type:
shipwreck, "whale-back" steamer, USA
Built:
1890, AmShip Superior, Duluth MN USA, as Colgate Hoyt
Specs:
( 276 x 36 ft ) 1253 displacement tons
Sunk:
Saturday December 25, 1909
ran aground in thick fog - 10 casualties
Depth:
14 ft

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