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USS Cherokee ID-458

Shipwreck Cherokee

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, US Navy
Name:: An Indian tribe of Pennsylvania and New York, later relocated to Oklahoma.
Built:: 1891, John H. Dialogue & Son, Camden NJ USA, as Edgar F. Luckenbach
Specs:: ( 120 x 25 ft ) 272 gross tons, 20 crew
Sunk:: Tuesday July 26, 1918
foundered in storm - 10 survivors
Depth:: 90 ft

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USS G-1 SS-19

Shipwreck USS L-8

Type:: shipwreck, submarine, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1911, Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Newport News, VA USA
Specs:: ( 161 x 13 ft ) 400 tons, no crew
Sunk:: Tuesday June 21, 1921, deliberate - weapons test

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USS G-2 SS-27

Shipwreck USS G-2

Type:: shipwreck, submarine, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1912, Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Newport News, VA USA
Specs:: ( 161 x 13 ft ) 400 tons, no crew
Sunk:: Wednesday July 30, 1919
foundered after weapons tests - 3 casualties (inspection crew)
Depth:: 81 ft

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USS Jacob Jones DD-130

Shipwreck USS Jacob Jones — In the Panama Canal locks, 1920.

Type:: shipwreck, destroyer, Wickes / Tattnall class, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1919, New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 314 x 31 ft ) 1211 gross tons, 145 crew
Sunk:: Saturday February 28, 1942
torpedoed by U-578 - 134 casualties
Depth:: 120 ft

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USS L-8 SS-48

Shipwreck USS L-8

Type:: shipwreck, submarine, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1917, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH USA
Specs:: ( 167 x 15 ft ) no crew
Sunk:: Wednesday May 26, 1926
deliberate - torpedo test
Depth:: 110 ft

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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, Bethlehem Staten Island, 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, 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

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USS S-5 SS-110

Shipwreck USS S-5

Type:: shipwreck, submarine, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1920, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, 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 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

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barges - Shinnecock Artificial Reef

100 ft steel barge ( on a much bigger barge )

Type:: artificial reef, barges
Depth:: 79 - 84 ft

Name	Description	Sunk	GPS
	60 ft steel dredge	1987	40°48.063' -72°28.622
Caddell	157 ft wood drydock	Wednesday September 12, 1990	40°48.007' -72°28.634'
Dump Scow DS-106	100 ft steel	Wednesday June 20, 2018	40°48.179' -72°28.461'
Shannon C	60 ft steel	Friday Nov 5, 2021	40°48.118' -72°28.390'
Henri	130 ft steel	2025	40°47.984' -72°28.486'

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