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Shipwreck Pliny
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, England
Built:
1878, England
Specs:
( 288 x 33 ft ) 1671 gross tons, 55 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Saturday May 13, 1882
ran aground - no casualties
Depth:
25 ft

Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge
Built:
1916, Elkton MD USA
Specs:
( 199 x 24 ft ) 474 tons
Sunk:
Monday March 31, 1924
foundered in storm, 5 casualties ( see Pocono )
Depth:
65 ft

Shipwreck Pocono
Side-scan sonar image, with the shadow of the rudder plainly evident at the lower-right ( north end of the wreck. )
Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge
Built:
1905, Newburgh NY (TS Marvel)
Specs:
( 156 ft ) 698 tons
Sunk:
Monday March 31, 1924
foundered in storm
Depth:
60 ft

Shipwreck Pocopson
Mr. Eliassen is reasonably sure that this image is of the Pocopson, on which he sailed as a child when his father was Captain, 1922-1925.
Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge, USA
Built:
1906, Noank CT, USA
Specs:
( 177 x 35 ft ) 721 tons, 3 crew
Sunk:
Wednesday October 7, 1936
foundered in storm, no casualties
GPS:
40°12.204' -73°59.257' (AWOIS 1990)
Depth:
50 ft

Shipwreck Poling Brothers #2
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, USA
Built:
1863, USA
Specs:
( 116 x 23 ft ) 159 tons
Sunk:
Wednesday February 7, 1940
struck pack ice - no casualties
Depth:
65 ft

Ponquogue Bridge
Shinnecock inlet in the background.

There are two actual Ponquoque bridges, the new one and the old one. You crossed the new bridge to get to the former Foster Road. The old bridge is where you will probably dive, although nothing is stopping you from diving the new bridge. Don't get caught in the channel between the two bridges, however, because it is considered a channel and it is illegal to dive in a channel in the town of Southampton. With that in mind, there is usually good parking at the bridge, but you will have to do some walking in order to get into the water.



Shipwreck Poseidon
Type:
shipwreck, iron-hulled screw freighter, USA
Built:
1914, Scotland
Specs:
( 295 x 43 ft ) 1909 tons
Sunk:
Wednesday July 31, 1918
collision with freighter SS Somerset
Depth:
90 ft

Shipwreck Princess Anne
Type:
shipwreck, liner, USA
Built:
1897, Chester PA USA
Specs:
( 350 x 42 ft ) 3629 gross tons
Sunk:
February 6, 1920; ran aground in storm - no casualties
Depth:
20 ft


aluminum tanks

Scuba tanks are made out of steel or aluminum. Aluminum is cheaper and has somewhat better corrosion resistance, but steel is stronger. The "standard" modern scuba cylinder is the aluminum "80", which actually holds about 77 cubic feet of air at its rated pressure of 3000 psi. This type of tank has probably caught on because for an average-sized person with reasonably good breathing skills, this size is just big enough to cover your allowable no-decompression bottom time and no more. For smaller people, 63 cubic foot aluminum tanks are available, while for larger folks there are choices as big as 120 cuft.

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