- Type:
- freighter
- Built:
- 1919, Hog Island PA USA
- Specs:
- ( 390 x 54 ft ) 5031 gross tons, 51 crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday December 31, 1942
foundered in a storm - 20 casualties - Depth:
- 225 ft
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Dive Sites (24/45)
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tanker, US Navy YW-83 class
- Built:
- 1945, Surgeon Bay, WI, USA, as YW-127
- Specs:
- ( 165 x 33 ft )
- Sponsor:
- GPPCBA, Budweiser
- Sunk:
- Thursday July 16, 1998 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°06.419' -73°41.460'
- Depth:
- 125 ft
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Point Pleasant on the left /south
Manasquan on the right / north
- Type:
- tidal river inlet with stone jetties or bulkheads on both sides
- Depth:
- 30 ft
This inlet has a long slightly L-shaped jetty on the north side and a longer straight jetty on the south side. Both jetties are made of large stones and concrete, and the ends are built out of man-made concrete "jacks", shaped like an H with a 90-degree twist in the middle.
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N.J. Shore inlet to be surveyed after large sandbar forms
By Nicolas Fernandes
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Aug. 17, 2022
Sand piling up in Manasquan Inlet
Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
The Army Corps of Engineers will visit the Manasquan Inlet next week to survey a large sandbar that has formed in the waterway, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-4th Dist., said Wednesday.
Sands at the inlet have shifted before, but the low-tide sandbar is larger than anything seen there before, the congressman said.
"We are gravely concerned that it will pose a serious hazard to navigation," Smith said.
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Depth: 67-74 ft
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The Manasquan River is overall not as nice a place to dive as the Shark River. The currents are stronger, the water never seems as clean, and the bottom is silty wherever it is not covered with mussels. The inlet jetties can be downright dangerous, and the boat traffic in the channel there is often very heavy. Off the north jetty is the so-called "Manasquan Wreck", but this is a long swim from shore and probably best approached with a boat.
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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
- Built:
- 1816, New York NY, USA
- Specs:
- 382 tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday April 24, 1824
ran aground in a fog - no casualties - Depth:
- 30 ft
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The United States Coast Guard is this nation's oldest and premier maritime agency. The history of the Service is very complicated because it is the amalgamation of five Federal agencies. These agencies, the Revenue Cutter Service, the Lighthouse Service, the Steamboat Inspection Service, the Bureau of Navigation, and the Lifesaving Service, were originally independent, but had overlapping authorities and were Shuffled around the government. They sometimes received new names, and they were all finally united under the umbrella of the Coast Guard. The multiple missions and responsibilities of the modern service are directly tied to this diverse heritage and the magnificent achievements of all of these agencies.
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