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RP Resor

Shipwreck RP Resor — A model of the Resor

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, USA
Name:: Named for R P Resor, Treasurer of Standard Oil.
Built:: 1936, Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ USA
Specs:: ( 435 x 66 ft ) 7451 gross tons, 49 crew
Sunk:: Friday February 28, 1942
torpedoed by U-578 - 2 survivors
Depth:: 125 ft

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Sub Chaser SC-209

Sub Chaser

Type:: shipwreck, submarine chaser, US Navy
Built:: 1918, Mathis Yacht Building, 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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Sebastian

Shipwreck Sebastian

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, England
Built:: 1914, England
Specs:: ( 310 ft ) 3110 tons, 36 crew
Sunk:: Thursday May 10, 1917
fire - 1 casualty
Depth:: 270 ft

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Sommerstad

Shipwreck Sommerstad

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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Suffolk

Shipwreck Suffolk

Type:: shipwreck, collier, USA
Built:: 1911, New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 365 ft ) 6798 tons, 37 crew
Sunk:: Saturday December 11, 1943
foundered in storm - no survivors
Depth:: 180 ft

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Texas Tower TT-4

Texas Tower #4

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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Texel

Shipwreck Texel

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

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Thomas Hebert

Shipwreck Thomas Hebert

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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U-550

Type IX U-boat

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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U-869

Shipwreck U-869

Type:: shipwreck, Type IXc/40 U-boat, Kriegsmarine, Germany
Specs:: ( 252 x 22 ft ) 1051 displacement tons, 48-56 crew
Built:: 1944, Germany
Sunk:: February 11, 1945
sunk by destroyer escort USS Howard D. Crow - no survivors
Depth:: 240 ft

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