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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
Built:: 1968, St Augustine FL USA
Specs:: ( 64x20 ft ) 48 tons
4 crew
Sunk:: Thursday June 29, 2006
collision in fog - 2 casualties
Depth:: 75 ft

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Alexander

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Type:: shipwreck, trawler, USA
Built:: 1978, S & R Boat Builders, Bayou La Batre AL USA
as Laura Jo
Specs:: ( 72 x 21 ft ) 113 gross tons
Sunk:: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
"flooded"

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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

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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September 1, 2022

Purple Jellyfish - 2022

September 1, 2022

Rare mauve stinger jellyfish found at the Jersey Shore. Its sting is 'intense,' scientists warn.

By Brianna Kudisch
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Aug. 31, 2022

Mauve stingers are typically found in the open ocean, not along the coast, marine scientists said.
Provided by Maggie McGuire

Maggie McGuire was at Sea Watch Beach in Manasquan with her family Monday when they spotted something unusual in the water - a small, umbrella-shaped, purplish-pink jellyfish speckled with dots. They scooped one up with their bucket and let it swim around in the water before eventually releasing it on the other side of the beach, away from swimmers.

"The water was literally filled with them," McGuire recalled. Her kids caught and released probably a dozen, she estimated, and other kids were doing the same. She did a quick search online, found a Facebook group - New Jersey Jellyspotters - and posted photos of the jellyfish. Two marine biologists reached out and informed her they were mauve stingers, a species rarely found on New Jersey beaches.

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