Cape May Dive Sites (6/9)

Cape May

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Shipwreck Lemuel Burrows
Type:
shipwreck, collier, USA
Built:
1917, Camden NJ USA, as Deepwater
Specs:
( 437 x 63 ft ) 7610 gross tons, 34 crew
Sunk:
Saturday March 14, 1942
torpedoed by U-404 - 20 casualties
Depth:
80 ft

Little Egg Artificial Reef

4.0 Nautical Miles off Holgate
Depth: 50-60 ft [download]



Type:
shipwreck, sailing ships
Sunk:
Sunday April 16, 1854
foundered in storm
Depth:
35 ft

The packet ship Manhattan sank with eight of her nine crew. In the same storm, the 200 ft schooner Powhattan was also lost nearby, with over 350 immigrants on board and no survivors. Neither wreck has been positively identified, although there are several candidates, including one old wooden hull buried up to the gunwales in the sand.


Shipwreck Misty Blue
Type:
shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
Built:
1976, Mississippi USA
Specs:
( 85 x 24 ft ) 145 gross tons, 4 crew
Sunk:
Tuesday April 12, 1983
cause unknown - no survivors
Depth:
120 ft

Shipwreck SS Mohawk
Not to be confused with the other S.S. Mohawk or the R.C. Mohawk.
Type:
liner, Clyde Line, USA
Name:
A tribe of Iroquoian Indians of the eastern New York area.
Built:
1908, Philadelphia PA USA
Specs:
( 367 x 48 ft ) 4623 tons, 290 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Thursday January 1, 1925
burned in a storm - no casualties
GPS:
40°25.025' -73°45.158' (AWOIS)
Depth:
25 ft

Shipwreck Montgomery
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:
1858, New York NY USA
Specs:
( 198 x 29 ft ) 1100 gross tons
Sunk:
Sunday January 7, 1877
collision with schooner Seminole - 13 casualties
Depth:
150 ft


Sandbar Shark
Sandbar Shark
New Jersey State Aquarium - Camden

Volunteer divers at the aquarium assist with food preparation, cleaning and maintaining work area and exhibits, perform dive demonstrations, and assist aquarists when necessary. Volunteer must be a certified diver age 18 years and older with at least 25 logged dives; 5 in the last 2 years and 2 in the last 12 months. Volunteer must be able to commit to 2 eight-hour work shifts per month ( same day every other week. ) Volunteer applications are available at the information desk.


Type:
shipwreck, barge
Built:
1918
Specs:
1267 tons
Sunk:
Sunday December 10, 1933
foundered in rough seas
Depth:
70 ft

low lying wood & metal debris field


Cape May Dive Sites

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Type:
artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:
1956, Madisonville LA
Specs:
( 100 x 27 ft ) 264 tons
Sponsor:
Ann E Clark Foundation, South Jersey Fishing Center
Sunk:
Friday March 26, 2004 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°51.475' -74°42.029'
Depth:
70 ft

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