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Alex Gibson

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Built:: 1877
Specs:: ( 180 ft ) 2154 tons
Sunk:: 1930s, no casualties
Depth:: 40 ft

The Alex Gibson shipwreck is the remains of a wooden barge. The barge was built in 1877 was 180 ft long and displaced 2154 tons. She was sunk in the 1930s and now sits in 40 ft of water on a clean sand bottom.

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Alex Mac

Type:: shipwreck, scallop dredge, USA
Specs:: 64 ft, 48 tons
4 crew
Sunk:: Thursday June 29, 2006
collision in fog - 2 casualties
Depth:: 75 ft

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Alexander Hamilton

The Alexander Hamilton was the last of the steam-powered side-wheel riverboats of the Hudson River Day Line. Built in 1924, she ceased operations in 1971. A well-meaning group pulled the Hamilton from the mud in 1977 and moved her to a temporary berth along the east side of the Navy pier, planning to restore her as a museum. Unfortunately, at the new more-exposed location, the old vessel was sunk and reduced to scrap by a sudden storm in November of that year. The last records indicate that the wreck is still there, and you can even make out the outline on Google Earth.

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Allenhurst Jetty

Type:: large double-L shaped beach jetty
Depth:: 5-15 ft

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Almirante

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, USA
Built:: 1909, Ireland
Specs:: ( 378 x 50 ft ) 3121 gross tons, 105 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Friday September 6, 1918
collision with U.S. Navy tanker Hisko - 5 casualties
Depth:: 70 ft

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American

Type:: shipwreck, private yacht converted to oil barge, USA
Built:: 1898, New York NY USA
Specs:: ( 218 x 23 ft ) 836 gross tons
Sunk:: Wednesday October 14, 1925
foundered - no casualties
Depth:: 55 ft

partially intact steel hull

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Amsterdam

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, Britain
Built:: 1866
Specs:: ( 211 x 29 ft ) 639 tons
Sunk:: Monday October 21, 1867
struck rocks in dense fog - no survivors
Depth:: 20 ft

low debris field

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Anastasia

Type:: shipwreck, barge / schooner barge
Specs:: 1313 tons
Sunk:: Thursday January 26, 1933
four casualties
Depth:: 75 ft

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Andrea Doria

Type:: shipwreck, liner, Italy
Name:: A 16th century Genoese Admiral. This name had been previously carried by a number of Italian warships ( see page bottom )
Built:: 1951, Italy
Specs:: ( 700 x 90 ft ) 29083 displacement tons, 1706 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Thursday July 26, 1956
collision with freighter Stockholm ( 12000 tons) - 46 casualties
GPS:: 40°29.405' -69°52.028' (AWOIS)
Depth:: 240 ft ( 190 ft minimum )

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Antioch

Type:: shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
Built:: 1876
Specs:: ( 180 ft ) 986 tons, 10 crew
Sunk:: Friday March 27, 1914
ran aground - no casualties
Depth:: 20 ft

Probably sanded-in by beach restoration work

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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia midas

Size: to 48" ( shell ) and 450 lbs.

Habitat: oceanic

Notes: Greatly reduced in numbers due to hunting. The Green is the largest hard-shelled sea turtle, and also the only vegetarian, feeding on algae and "Turtle Grass." Green Sea Turtles are not particularly green on the outside but have green fat, for which they were named in the days when sailors still caught and ate them. Green Sea Turtles have four large scales or "scutes" along each side of the shell; Loggerheads have five.

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