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Freighters (2/4)

A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship that carries goods and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade. Cargo ships are usually specially designed for the task, being equipped with cranes and other mechanisms to load and unload, and come in all sizes. Specialized types of cargo vessels include container ships and bulk carriers. ( Tankers and supertankers are also cargo ships, although they are habitually thought of as a separate category. )

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Choapa

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Chile
Built:: 1937, England, as Helga
Specs:: ( 292 x 41 ft ) 1700 gross tons, 67 crew
Sunk:: Thursday September 21, 1944
collision with tanker British Harmony, then with freighter Voco ( 5090 tons) while at anchor, then with tanker Empire Garrick - no casualties
Depth:: 195 ft, starts at 160 ft

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Continent

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Canada
Built:: 1931, Netherlands? as Castor
Specs:: ( 211 x 45 ft ) 466 gross tons, 14 crew
Sunk:: Saturday January 10, 1942
collision with Byron D Benson ( 7953 tons) - 1 casualty
GPS:: 40°25.662' -73°50.736' (AWOIS 2013)
Depth:: 130 ft

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Corvallis

The Half Way Girl — No print of the movie exists

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, USA
Built:: 1919, Portland OR USA
Specs:: ( 267 x 49 ft ) 2992 gross tons, no crew
Sunk:: Tuesday June 16, 1925
deliberate - for film "The Half Way Girl"
Depth:: 140 ft

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Daghestan

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, England
Name:: Daghestan is a region in southern Russia, adjoining Chechnya and the Caspian Sea.
Built:: 1900, England
Specs:: ( 353 x 45 ft ) 3466 gross tons, 28 crew
Sunk:: Friday December 18, 1908
collision with freighter Catalone - no casualties
Depth:: 70 ft

This wreck was named "Evergreen" for the large amount of green brass artifacts once recovered from it. The Daghestan was thoroughly demolished since it lay directly in the shipping lane and was a great danger to navigation.

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Drumelzier

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, England
Built:: 1895, England
Specs:: ( 340 x 45 ft ) 3625 gross tons, 30 crew
Sunk:: Monday December 25, 1904
ran aground in snow storm, incompetence - no casualties
Depth:: 20 ft

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Fatuk

Type:: artificial reef, freighter
Built:: 1963, Japan
Specs:: ( 160 x 25 ft )
Sponsor:: US Customs Service, Fish America, Sportfish Fund
Sunk:: Thursday October 27, 1988 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.609' -74°01.037'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Ioannis P. Goulandris

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Greece
Name:: One of the Goulandris brothers, who's shipping company owned the vessel.
Built:: 1910, England, as Maria Stathatos
Specs:: ( 362 x 51 ft ) 3750 gross tons, 31 crew
Sunk:: Tuesday December 1, 1942
collision with freighter Intrepido - no casualties
Depth:: 190 ft

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Grecian

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, USA
Built:: 1899 Wilmington DE USA
Specs:: ( 263 x 29 ft ) 2825 tons, 34 crew
Sunk:: Friday May 27, 1932
collision with SS City of Chattanooga - 4 casualties
Depth:: 95 ft

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Gypsum Prince

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, England
Built:: 1927, England
Specs:: ( 347 x 52 ft ) 3915 gross tons, 26 crew
Sunk:: Sunday May 3, 1942
collision with freighter Voco ( 5090 tons) - 6 casualties
Depth:: 70 ft

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Hvoslef

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Norway
Built:: 1927, England
Specs:: ( 255 x 35 ft ) 1630 gross tons, 20 crew
Sunk:: Tuesday March 10, 1942
torpedoed by U-94 - 6 casualties
Depth:: 140 ft

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Redbird Subway Cars

Type:: 250 "Redbird" subway cars - NYC Subway system - steel bodies / frames
Built:: 1959-1960 - American Car & Foundry - Model R26 # 7750-7859
1960-1961 - American Car & Foundry - Model R28 # 7860-7959
1962-1963 - St. Louis Car - Model R29 # 8570-8805
1962-1963 - St. Louis Car - Model R33 # 8806-9345
1963-1964 - St. Louis Car - Model R36 # 9346-9769
Specs:: ( 51 x 9 ft ) 15,000 to 18,000 pounds (body)
Sunk:: 50 cars - Cape May Reef on July 3, 2003
50 cars - Deepwater Reef on July 16, 2003
50 cars - Atlantic City Reef on July 25, 2003
50 cars - Garden State North Reef on Sept 3, 2003
50 cars - Shark River Reef on Oct 14, 2003
619 cars - Delaware Reef 11 from Aug 2001 to Nov 2003
Sponsor:: New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
anti- Sponsor:: Environmental group Clean Ocean Action lobbied aggressively and almost successfully to prevent the use of these subway cars as artificial reefs in New Jersey, resulting in most of the cars going to other states.
GPS:: too many to list, and all gone anyway
Depth:: Depths vary by location between 80 ft and 130 ft.

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