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Carolina

Type:: shipwreck, liner, USA
Built:: 1896, Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News VA USA, as La Grande Duchesse
Specs:: ( 380 x 47 ft ) 5017 gross tons, 330 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Sunday June 2, 1918
shelled by U-151 - 13 casualties
Depth:: 250 ft

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Cassandra

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:: 1864, Mystic CT USA
Specs:: ( 207 x 35 ft ) 1284 gross tons
Sunk:: Tuesday February 5, 1867
ran aground - no casualties

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Catherine Jackson

Specs:: 370 passengers, must have been pretty big
Sunk:: around 1870, no casualties

I know of no charted location known as the Catherine Jackson, although it is reputed to have sunk in the area shown.

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Cayru

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Brazil
Built:: 1919, American International Shipbuilding, Hog Island PA USA, as Scanmail
Specs:: ( 390 x 54 ft ) 5152 gross tons, 83 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Sunday March 8, 1942
torpedoed by U-94 - 53 casualties
Depth:: 125-140 ft

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Cecilia M. Dunlap

Type:: shipwreck, schooner barge ( originally a bark )
Built:: 1876 as Parknook
Specs:: ( 199 x 32 ft ) 793 tons
Sunk:: Saturday September 12, 1931
foundered
GPS:: 40°25.374' -73°52.828' (AWOIS 2013)
Depth:: 60 ft

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Celtic / Cape Race

Type:: Celtic - shipwreck, canal tugboat, USA
Cape Race - shipwreck, barge, Oyster Bay NY USA
Built:: Celtic - 1958, Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay NY USA as Russell 10
Specs:: Celtic - ( 85 ft ) 6 crew
Cape Race - ( 150 ft )
Sunk:: Saturday November 17, 1984
barge foundered, pulling tug down with it - no survivors
Depth:: 60 ft

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Champion

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:: 1859, Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington DE USA
Specs:: ( 234 x 31 ft ) 1419 gross tons, 55 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Friday November 7, 1879
collision with sailing ship Lady Octavia - 28 casualties
Depth:: 105 ft

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Chaparra

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Cuba
Name:: a seaport in northeastern Cuba
also Spanish for "cowboy" or slang for "shorty"
Built:: 1906, Scotland, as Tinhow
Specs:: ( 249 x 38 ft ) 1510 gross tons, 29 crew
Sunk:: Sunday October 27, 1918
struck mine laid by U-117 - 6 casualties
Depth:: 80 ft

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Charlemagne Tower

Type:: shipwreck, Great Lakes ore carrier, USA
Built:: 1888, Quayle & Sons, Cleveland OH USA
Specs:: ( 255 x 40 ft ) 1825 gross tons, 19 crew
Sunk:: Friday March 6, 1914
foundered in rough seas - no casualties
Depth:: 75 ft

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Charles Dunlap

Type:: shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:: 1904, Millbridge ME USA
Specs:: ( 225 x 42 ft ) 1498 gross tons
Sunk:: July 22, 1919; ran aground in fog
Depth:: 25 ft

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Unlike ( or just like ) the Caribbean, diving in New Jersey is actually better at night in many ways. That's obviously not true if you are out to survey a shipwreck, but for inlet diving, there is no comparison. During the day, the day critters will be wide awake, and you won't be able to get near them, while the night critters will be down in their holes where you'll never see them.

At night, you can go right up to the sleeping day critters and pinch them, even the fish. Some even seem mesmerized by your light, which will also draw in many small invertebrates by itself. Meanwhile, the night critters will be out prowling around, including the king of all night critters, the lobster. And if you shut off the light and wave your hands vigorously, the bioluminescents will put on a show for you.

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