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Shipwreck U.S.S. Ohio
Type:
shipwreck, 74 gun ship-of-the-line, U.S. Navy
Name:
that place next to Indiana
Built:
1820, New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn NY USA
Specs:
( 208 x 54 ft ) 2757 gross tons
Sunk:
April 1884
set adrift and grounded by storm while being dismantled, later deliberately burned
Depth:
20 ft


Shipwreck USS Salmon
Model of the Salmon in the 1970s.
Type:
shipwreck, Sailfish class submarine, U.S. Navy
Built:
1956, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth NH, USA
Specs:
( 350 x 25 ft ) 2530 tons, no crew
Sunk:
Saturday June 5, 1993 - "artificial reef"
GPS:
39°42.2' -72°18.2' (US Navy 2004)
Depth:
360 ft

Shipwreck USS San Diego
USS San Diego photographed 28 January 1915, while serving as flagship of the Pacific Fleet. Her name had been changed from California on 1 September 1914. Note two-star Rear Admiral's flag flying from her mainmast top.
Type:
shipwreck, armored cruiser, U.S. Navy
Built:
1904, Bethlehem San Francisco, San Francisco USA, as U.S.S. California
Specs:
( 503 x 70 ft ) 13680 displacement tons
Sunk:
Friday July 19, 1918
explosion, probably struck a mine laid by U-156
officially 6 casualties, probably 30-40 in reality
GPS:
40°32.433' -73°02.484' (AWOIS 2008)
Depth:
110 ft, starts at 65 ft



Shipwreck USS Turner
Type:
shipwreck, destroyer, Bristol class, U.S. Navy
Built:
1942, Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ USA
Specs:
( 350 x 36 ft ) 1700 displacement tons, 301 crew
Sunk:
Monday January 3, 1944
munitions explosion while at anchor - 138 casualties
Depth:
55 ft

Type:
shipwreck, clam dredge
Built:
1968, Kennedy Brown, Palatka FL
Specs:
( 71 ft ) 116 gross tons, 3 crew
Sunk:
Thursday January 16, 1992; winter storm - no survivors
Depth:
75 ft

Shipwreck Varanger
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, Norway
Name:
A peninsula in north-east Norway ( a cold place )
also, an old Scandinavian term for "Viking"
Built:
1925, Netherlands
Specs:
( 470 x 60 ft ) 9305 gross tons, 40 crew
Sunk:
Sunday January 25, 1942
torpedoed by U-130 - no casualties
Depth:
140 ft


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