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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

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

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

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

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

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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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, 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

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USS Spikefish SS-404

Type:: shipwreck, Balao ( modified Gato ) class submarine, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1944, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, 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

Type:: shipwreck, patrol boat, converted yacht, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1912, Lawley & Sons, 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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Bay Anchovy

Anchoa mitchilli

Size: to 4"

Habitat: coastal and estuarine waters

Notes: Another small herring-like fish that forms large schools. These, as well as those above, can form huge schools that swirl around the upper reaches of inshore reefs - a sight that easily rivals the tropics. I have seen them school together with the larger and more striking Silver Anchovy. Note the large underslung mouth, which makes identification from other baitfishes easy. Anchovies are physically fragile, yet tolerate an amazing range of environmental conditions. Fishermen call them "Rainfish".

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