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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
Depth:
280 ft

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

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

Shipwreck Valerie E
side-scan sonar image
Type:
shipwreck, clam dredge
Specs:
( 71 ft ) 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

Shipwreck Vega
Circa 1950, enroute to Staten Island
Type:
shipwreck, ferry, USA
Built:
1925 - Staten Island NY USA
Specs:
( 75 x 40 ft ) 84 tons
Sunk:
Wednesday January 11, 1961
capsized under tow in storm, no casualties
GPS:
40°11.646' -73°56.787' (AWOIS 1990)
Depth:
55 ft

Estelle Phinney
Type:
shipwreck, schooner
Built:
1891, New London, Connecticut, USA
Specs:
( 188 x 39 ft ) 922 gross tons, 10 crew
Sunk:
Saturday December 27, 1907
collision with schooner Elizabeth Palmer, 1 casualty
Depth:
80 ft

Shipwreck Vizcaya
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, Spain
Name:
Vizcaya is a Basque province in northern Spain. The Basques are a fiercely independent seafaring people of unknown origin.
Built:
1872, England, as Santander
Specs:
( 287 x 38 ft ) 2458 gross tons, 103 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Saturday October 30, 1890
collision with schooner Cornelius Hargraves - 60 casualties
Depth:
80 ft

Shipwreck Volund
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, Norway
Built:
1889, Norway
Specs:
( 239 ft )
Sunk:
Sept 26, 1908; collision with liner Commonwealth
Depth:
105 ft



Type:
shipwreck, barge, mini submarine (?)
Depth:
25 ft

The visibility on this site varies. Average is 10-12ft. This site offers two wrecks which lie in 25 fsw. A British WWI two-man reconnaissance submarine and an old wooden barge. They are both within swimming distance from each other. The marine life is fair around these wrecks. There are a few car tires between the two wrecks and you may find an occasional lobster hiding inside them. To locate the barge take a compass heading of 330 degrees from the pilings located on the east side of Greenwich Ave. It takes about 50 kick cycles to reach the wreck. To get to the submarine take a compass heading of 30 degrees from the same pilings. This can be reached in about 30 kick cycles. Both of the wrecks are not intact but make for a good dive.

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