Cape May Dive Sites (9/9)
Cape May Chart
- 44009 Weather Buoy
- Absecon Inlet
- USS Akron
- Alex Gibson
- Alexander
- Almirante
- American
- Astra
- Atlantus
- Azua
- Dorothy B Barrett
- Brigantine Beach Wreck
- USS Blenny
- boiler wreck
- Brian C
- Brigantine Inlet
- Brigantine Buoy Wreck
- Charles Morand
- Cape May Inlet
- Cassandra
- Cayru
- Champion
- USS Cherokee
- China Wreck
- City of Athens
- City of Georgetown
- Clermont
- Corson’s Inlet
- William B Diggs
- dredge
- Admiral DuPont
- Elizabeth Warren
- Evening Star
- car float
- Florida
- Galimore's Cayru
- Gory Wreck
- Great Egg Inlet
- Gypsum Prince
- Hereford Inlet
- Hornet
- Hvoslef
- India Arrow
- Indian River Inlet
- USS Jacob Jones
- John Marvin
- China Junk Wreck
- Kennebec
- King Cobra
- Lemuel Burrows
- Lake Frampton
- Lady Mary
- Linda Snow II
- Marine Electric
- Miraflores
- Misty Blue
- Mohawk
- Montgomery
- USS Moonstone
- EF Moran
- Northern Pacific
- Nuphar
- Oklahoma
- Patrice McAllister
- Pet Wreck
- Poseidon
- Ranald
- RJ Walker
- Southern Lillian
- USS S-5
- Salem
- Salem
- San Jose
- Sea Girt
- Shookus
- Sindia
- Slabs
- General Slocum
- Southern Sword
- Townsend's Inlet
- Varanger
- Wayne
- Wily Fox
- YP-387
More: Cape May Dive Sites Chart ...
Townsend's Inlet Artificial Reef
3.8 nm offshore, 0.69 sq miles
Depth: 50-65 ft [download]
More: Townsend's Inlet Artificial Reef ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, destroyer, Wickes / Tattnall class, U.S. Navy
- Built:
- 1919, New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA
- Specs:
- ( 314 x 31 ft ) 1211 gross tons, 145 crew
- Sunk:
- Saturday February 28, 1942
torpedoed by U-578 - 134 casualties - Depth:
- 120 ft
More: USS Jacob Jones DD-130 ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, submarine, U.S. Navy
- Built:
- 1920, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, NH USA
- Specs:
- ( 231 x 21 ft ) 876 displacement tons, 37 crew
- Sunk:
- Wednesday September 1, 1920
flooded during test dive - no casualties - Depth:
- 165 ft
More: USS S-5 SS-110 ...
- 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
More: Varanger ...
Wildwood Artificial Reef
4.5 Nautical Miles off Wildwood, 2.99 sq miles
Depth: 40-65 ft [download]
More: Wildwood Artificial Reef ...
- 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".
More: William B. Diggs ...
- 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
More: YP-387 ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, freighter, USA
- Name:
- Kennebec is a county and a major river in the state of Maine.
- Built:
- 1901, Jenks Shipbuilding, Port Huron MI USA
- Specs:
- ( 243 x 43 ft ) 2183 gross tons, 29 crew
- Sunk:
- Saturday June 18, 1921
sprung a leak - no casualties
More: Kennebec ...