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USS Moonstone PYc-9

Shipwreck USS Moonstone — Lone Star

Type:: shipwreck, patrol boat, U.S. Navy (converted yacht)
Built:: 1929, Germany, as Lone Star
Specs:: ( 171 x 26 ft ) 469 gross tons, 47 crew
Sunk:: Friday October 15, 1943
collision with destroyer USS Greer ( 1090 tons) - no casualties
Depth:: 130 ft

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USS Murphy DD-603

Shipwreck USS Murphy

Type:: shipwreck, destroyer, Benson class, U.S. Navy ( similar to USS Turner )
Built:: 1941, Staten Island NY USA
Specs:: ( 348 x 36 ft ) 1620 displacement tons, 266 crew
Sunk:: Thursday October 21, 1943
collision with tanker Bulkoil (8071 tons) - 38 casualties
Depth:: 260 ft

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USS Ohio

Shipwreck U.S.S. Ohio

Type:: shipwreck, 74 gun ship-of-the-line, U.S. Navy
Name:: that place next to Indiana
Built:: 1820, 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

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USS S-5 SS-110

Shipwreck USS S-5

Type:: shipwreck, submarine, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1920, Portsmouth Navy Yard, NH USA
Specs:: ( 231 x 21 ft ) 876 displacement tons, 37 crew
Sunk:: Wednesday September 1, 1920
flooded during test dive - no casualties
Depth:: 165 ft

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USS Salmon SSR-573

Shipwreck USS Salmon — Model of the Salmon in the 1970s.

Type:: shipwreck, Sailfish class submarine, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1956, 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

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USS San Diego ACR-6

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, 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

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USS Spikefish SS-404

Shipwreck USS Spikefish

Type:: shipwreck, Balao ( modified Gato ) class submarine, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1944, Portsmouth, NH USA
Specs:: ( 312 x 27 ft ) 1810 tons, no crew
Sunk:: Tuesday August 4, 1964
weapons test (torpedoed)
Depth:: 280 ft

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USS Tarantula SP-124

Shipwreck USS Tarantula

Type:: shipwreck, patrol boat, converted yacht, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1912, Neponset MA USA
Specs:: ( 129 x 19 ft ) 160 gross tons
Sunk:: Monday October 28, 1918
collision with steamer Frisia - no casualties
Depth:: 115 ft

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USS Turner DD-648

Shipwreck USS Turner

Type:: shipwreck, destroyer, Bristol class, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1942, 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

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Valerie E

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

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