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Shipwreck Arnoff
Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge
Specs:
( 200 ft est.)
Sunk:
late 1800s ?
Depth:
80 ft

Shipwreck Arundo
The Arundo as she appeared just prior to sinking.
Note the locomotives on deck, foreward of the aft mast.
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, Netherlands
Built:
1930, New Castle England, as Petersfield
Specs:
( 412 x 55 ft ) 5163 gross tons, 43 crew
Sunk:
Tuesday April 28, 1942
torpedoed by U-136 - 6 casualties
Depth:
140 ft max; 110 ft min; 125 ft typical

Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge
Specs:
( 330 x 40 ft )
Sunk:
March 12, 1932
Depth:
95 ft

Capt. Mick Trzaska of the dive boat CRT II also calls this the "Bomb Wreck", since it once produced a live aircraft-type explosive. A diver had sent it up with a lift bag thinking it was a champagne bottle! How it got there is anyone's guess.


Shipwreck Astra
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, Denmark
Name:
Astra is Latin for star.
Built:
1945, Denmark, as Gudnaes
Specs:
( 333 x 51 ft ) 2709 gross tons, 105 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Friday March 30, 1951
collision with freighter Steel Inventor ( 5689 tons) - 5 casualties
Depth:
85 ft

Shipwreck Atlantic
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:
May 1846, New York NY USA
Specs:
( 320 x 36 ft ) 1112 gross tons, 75 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Friday November 26, 1846
boiler explosion; then grounded during storm on Fisher's Island - 45 casualties
Depth:
20 ft



Shipwreck Lady Gertrude
Atlantic Princess was probably similar to Lady Gertrude
Type:
shipwreck, scallop dredge, USA
Built:
1980, St. Augustine FL
as Eleanor Eileen X
Specs:
( 68 ft ) 121 gross tons, 6 crew
Sunk:
Sunday, December 14, 1980
foundered, 2 survivors
Depth:
170 ft

Shipwreck Atlantus
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, USA
Built:
1918, Brunswick GA USA
Specs:
( 260 x 43 ft ) 2000 gross tons, no crew
Sunk:
Tuesday June 8, 1926
dragged anchor and grounded in storm while awaiting final disposition
Depth:
25 ft

Shipwreck Manasquan Wreck
A Black Ball packet ship ( Orpheus ) leaving New York, 1835.
Aurora sailed for the Kermit Line.
Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
Built:
1824, Bath ME, USA
Specs:
( 106 x 22 ft )
Sunk:
Nov 20, 1827, ran aground in storm - 6 casualties
Depth:
12 ft

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Summer Flounder

Paralichthys dentatus

to 37 " and 20 lbs.
usually much smaller

Profile by
Paul G. Scarlett
Principal Fisheries Biologist
Bureau of Marine Fisheries

Range:
Estuarine and coastal waters from Nova Scotia to Florida. Most abundant between Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Cape Fear, North Carolina.

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