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San Saba

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, USA
Name:: San Saba is a river in central Texas, a tributary of the Colorado River of Texas.
Built:: 1879, Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works, Chester PA USA, as Colorado
Specs:: ( 306 x 39 ft ) 2458 gross tons, 37 crew
Sunk:: Friday October 4, 1918
struck mine laid by U-117 - 30 casualties
Depth:: 80 ft

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Sandy Hook

Horseshoe Cove

Type:: bay-side saltwater cove
Depth:: 20 ft max

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Sandy Hook Pilot Boat

Type:: shipwreck, pilot boat, converted yacht, USA
Built:: 1902, Bethlehem Elizabethport, Elizabeth NJ USA, as Anstice, later Privateer
Specs:: ( 168 x 24 ft ) 361 gross tons, 26 crew & harbor pilots
Sunk:: Thursday April 27, 1939
collision with tanker Oslofjord ( 16500 tons) - no casualties
GPS:: 40°27.556' -73°49.490' (AWOIS 1986)
Depth:: 100 ft

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Sandy Hook Artificial Reef

1.6 nautical miles off Sea Bright, 1.76 sq miles
Depth: 40-60 ft [download]

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Sub Chaser SC-209

Type:: shipwreck, submarine chaser, US Navy
Built:: 1918, Mathis Yacht Building, Camden NJ
Specs:: ( 110 x 14 ft ) 85 tons, 26 crew
Sunk:: Tuesday August 27, 1918
friendly fire from freighter SS Felix Taussig - 18 casualties
Depth:: unknown

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Sub Chaser SC-60

Type:: shipwreck, submarine chaser, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1917, New York Naval Shipyard, New York NY USA
Specs:: ( 110 x 14 ft ) 85 tons
Sunk:: Tuesday October 1, 1918
collision with tanker Fred W. Waller - 2 casualties
Depth:: 45 ft

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Scotland

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, England
Built:: 1865, England
Specs:: ( 430 x 38 ft ) 3695 tons
Sunk:: Saturday December 1, 1866
collision with sailing ship Kate Dyer ( 1275 tons )
Depth:: 22 ft

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Sea Girt

Type:: shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
Built:: 1949, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ, USA
Specs:: ( 120 ft ) 177 GT
Sunk:: August 1990
Depth:: 65 ft

intact, upright, steel hull

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Sea Girt Inlet

Sea Girt Inlet is reduced to an outflow pipe. The water it releases is often so contaminated with goose droppings that it causes beach closings for miles around.

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Sea Girt Artificial Reef

3.6 Nautical Miles off Sea Girt, 1.33 sq miles
Depth: 60-75 ft [download]

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Sargassum Fish

Histrio histrio

Size: to 6"

Habitat: wherever the current takes them

Notes: Sargassum fishes are found in drifting clumps of Sargassum weed. They are certainly one of the most bizarre fishes you may encounter. Their closest relatives are deep-sea anglerfishes and the local Goosefish. The paired fins are used exactly like arms and legs, and the Sargassum fish is a clumsy and reluctant swimmer. In fact, the pectoral (arm) fins can be folded over below the elbow, giving the fish an opposable grasp much like our own hands!

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