Cape May Dive Sites (9/10)
Cape May Chart
- Absecon Inlet
- USS Akron
- Alex Gibson
- Alexander
- Almirante
- American
- Astra
- Atlantus
- Azua
- Dorothy B Barrett
- Brigantine Beach Wreck
- USS Blenny
- boiler wreck
- Bonito
- 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
- Cleopatra
- Clermont
- Corson’s Inlet
- Crystal Wave
- William B Diggs
- dredge
- Admiral DuPont
- Elizabeth Palmer
- Elizabeth Warren
- Evening Star
- car float
- Florida
- Galimore's Cayru
- Gory Wreck
- Great Egg Inlet
- Gypsum Prince
- Hereford Inlet
- Hornet
- Hvoslef
- Independence Day
- 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
- Manhattan
- Marine Electric
- Miraflores
- Misty Blue
- Mohawk
- Montgomery
- USS Moonstone
- EF Moran
- Northern Pacific
- New Orleans
- USS Nina
- Nuphar
- Ocean Quest
- Oklahoma
- Patrice McAllister
- Pet Wreck
- Poseidon
- Ranald
- RJ Walker
- Southern Lillian
- USS S-5
- Salem
- Salem
- San Jose
- Sea Girt
- Sea Wolf
- Shookus
- Sindia
- Slabs
- General Slocum
- Southern Sword
- Townsend's Inlet
- Varanger
- Washingtonian
- Wayne
- Wily Fox
- YP-387
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- Type:
- shipwreck
- Depth:
- 120 ft
A large steel wreck, partially intact.
Possibly the remains of the Kennebec.
More: Southern Lillian ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, freighter, USA, converted to barge
- Built:
- 1918, Globe Shipbuilding, Superior WI, as Contoocook, later Elda
- Specs:
- ( 251 x 43 ft ) 2344 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Monday March 18, 1946
foundered - GPS:
- 38°36.769' -74°56.878' (DNREC)
- Depth:
- 60 ft
More: Southern Sword ...
Townsend's Inlet Artificial Reef
3.8 nm offshore, 0.69 sq miles
Depth: 50-65 ft [download]
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- 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]
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Iron and steel began to replace wood in ship construction in the middle to late 1800s. Timber-poor Europe ( especially England ) led in the development of iron ships, while America, with its vast reserves of lumber, continued to build wooden ships for some time longer. However, as the economical size of ships grew to surpass what could be built of wood, America too began constructing iron ships. For a few years, composite ships were built with iron frames and wooden skins, as seen at right, but difficulties with corrosion between the wood and metal soon led to hulls built completely of metal, both sailing ships and steamers.
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