Cape May Dive Sites (9/10)

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Type:
rock pile
Depth:
60 ft

field of huge granite slabs


Type:
shipwreck
Depth:
120 ft

A large steel wreck, partially intact.

Possibly the remains of the Kennebec.


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


Townsend's Inlet Artificial Reef

3.8 nm offshore, 0.69 sq miles
Depth: 50-65 ft [download]




Shipwreck 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

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

wooden


Wildwood Artificial Reef

4.5 Nautical Miles off Wildwood, 2.99 sq miles
Depth: 40-65 ft [download]


Cape May Dive Sites

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