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

Cape May Dive Sites (9/9)

Cape May Chart

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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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YP-387

Sister *YP-389*, built in the same yard at the same time to the same specs

Type:: shipwreck, patrol boat, U.S. Navy, converted trawler
Built:: 1941, Bethlehem Quincy, Quincy MA, USA, as Salem
Specs:: ( 102 x 22 ft ) 301 tons, 21 crew
Sunk:: Wednesday May 20, 1942
collision with collier Jason - 6 casualties
Depth:: 40 ft

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Dive Gear References

The Essentials of Deeper Sport Diving
John Lippman
AquaQuest, 1992
320 pages, illustrated, b&w

This book is not about technical diving but covers many important aspects of decompression physiology and deep-diving techniques and equipment that any diver ought to know. I see it for 1 cent used on Amazon - get a copy !!!

US Navy Dive Manual
1999, updated 2001

Free Download: US Navy Dive Manual

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