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Type:
shipwreck, barge
Built:
1918
Specs:
1041 tons
Sunk:
Monday September 3, 1934
foundered - no casualties
Depth:
42 ft

The Diggs was engaged in a salvage operation at the time of her loss and actually settled on top of another shipwreck, of unknown origin. The green blinker buoy for which it is known was removed after the wooden wreck was demolished in the 1970s. Also known as the "Green Blinker Wreck".



Type:
shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
Built:
1966, Rockport Yacht & Supply Co. (RYSCO), Rockport TX
Specs:
( 91 ft ) 175 gross tons
Sunk:
Thursday, May 11, 1989
foundered
Depth:
150 ft

Shipwreck Winneconne
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, USA
Name:
Named for a town in eastern Wisconsin?
Built:
1907, England, as Hogland
Specs:
( 271 x 39 ft ) 1869 gross tons
Sunk:
Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties
Depth:
220 ft

U-151's path from Isabel B Wiley to Carolina


Type:
shipwreck, schooner
Depth:
85 ft

The Wolcott is an unknown wooden schooner. This wreck was found and named by charter boat captain, Jay Porter on the day that Jersey Joe Wolcott beat Joe Louis in boxing's title match.


Shipwreck Yankee
Type:
shipwreck, Great Lakes freighter, USA
Built:
1890, USA, as German
Specs:
( 296 x 40 ft ) 2418 gross tons, 30 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Wednesday June 11, 1919
collision with liner Argentina - no casualties
Depth:
110 ft

Depth:
125 ft

This wreck was formerly thought to be the Yankee. However, the "G&D" was identified as the Yankee, leaving this wreck unidentified. It consists of engine, boilers, driveshaft, and propeller, and is reputed to be a good lobster wreck.



Yellowbar Artificial Reef

Depth: 25 - 40 ft
900 yards east of the Robert Moses Fixed Bridge


YP-389
Sister YP-389, built in the same yard at the same time to the same specs
Type:
shipwreck, patrol boat, U.S. Navy, converted trawler
Built:
1941, Quincy MA, USA, as Salem
Specs:
( 102 x 22 ft ) 301 tons, 21 crew
Sunk:
Wednesday May 20, 1942
collision with collier Jason - 6 casualties
Depth:
40 ft


Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge, USA ( formerly a clipper )
Built:
1864, Bath ME USA, as Ocean Signal
Specs:
( 187 x 38 ft ) 1265 gross tons, 4 crew
Sunk:
Wednesday January 26, 1898
foundered in storm - no survivors
Depth:
110 ft

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