Deep Sea Dive Sites (4/6)
- Type:
- shipwreck, submarine chaser, US Navy
- Built:
- 1918, Camden NJ
- Specs:
- ( 110 x 14 ft ) 85 tons, 26 crew
- Sunk:
- Tuesday August 27, 1918
friendly fire from freighter SS Felix Taussig - 18 casualties - Depth:
- unknown
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- Type:
- shipwreck, freighter, England
- Built:
- 1906, England
- Specs:
- ( 340 x 47 ft ) 3875 gross tons, 31 crew
- Sunk:
- Monday August 12, 1918
torpedoed by U-117 - no casualties - Depth:
- 180 ft
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- Type:
- collapsed radar platform, USAF
- Built:
- 1955, Portland ME USA
- Specs:
- ( 67 ft above water) 6000 tons, 14 crew (minimum)
- Sunk:
- Sunday January 15, 1961
storm/structural failure/design deficiency - no survivors - GPS:
- 39°47'56.43" -72°40'08.00" (US Navy 2004)
- Depth:
- 180 ft, starts at 110 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, tanker, USA
- Name:
- Texel is the easternmost of the Frisian islands off the coast of Holland, which are similar to our own barrier islands.
- Built:
- 1913, Denmark
- Specs:
- ( 331 x 48 ft ) 3220 gross tons, 36 crew
- Sunk:
- Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties - Depth:
- 230 ft
More: Texel ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, tugboat
- Built:
- 1975, Orange TX USA
- Specs:
- ( 89 x 27 ft ) 99 tons, 7 crew
- Sunk:
- Sunday March 7, 1993
cause unknown - two survivors - Depth:
- 140 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, Type IXc/40 U-boat, Kriegsmarine, Germany
- Built:
- 1942, Germany
- Specs:
- ( 252 x 22 ft ) 1051 displacement tons, 48-56 crew
- Sunk:
- Saturday April 16, 1944
by depth charges and gunfire from destroyer escorts USS Gandy, USS Joyce and USS Peterson after torpedoing tanker Pan Pennsylvania - 44 casualties. - Depth:
- 300 ft
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Zostera marina
Size: to 36"
Seagrass: Nature's Nursery
Seagrasses are a group of approximately 50 species of vascular plants that complete their entire life cycle fully submerged in the marine environment. The most common and ecologically important seagrasses in New Jersey are eelgrass ( Zostera marina ) and widgeon grass ( Ruppia maritima ). Widgeon grass, however, is actually a fresh/brackish water plant with extreme salinity tolerance and is therefore sometimes not classified as a "true" marine seagrass.
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