Cape May Dive Sites (9/9) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Cape May Dive Sites (9/9)

Cape May

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Varanger

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, Norway
Name:: A peninsula in north-east Norway ( a cold place )
also, an old Scandinavian term for "Viking"
Built:: 1925, Netherlands
Specs:: ( 470 x 60 ft ) 9305 gross tons, 40 crew
Sunk:: Sunday January 25, 1942
torpedoed by U-130 - no casualties
Depth:: 140 ft

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Wayne

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Specs:: 436 tons
Sunk:: Wednesday May 25, 1932
Depth:: 45 ft

wooden

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Wildwood Artificial Reef

4.5 Nautical Miles off Wildwood
Depth: 40-65 ft [download]

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William B. Diggs

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Built:: 1918
Specs:: 1041 tons
Sunk:: Monday September 3, 1934
foundered - no casualties
Depth:: 42 ft

The Diggs was engaged in a salvage operation at the time of her loss and actually settled on top of another shipwreck, of unknown origin. The green blinker buoy for which it is known was removed after the wooden wreck was demolished in the 1970s. Also known as the "Green Blinker Wreck".

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