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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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- Type:
- shipwreck, collier, USA
- Name:
- Kenosha, the seat of Kenosha County, is a city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan.
- Built:
- 1894, West Bay City MI USA, as Madagascar
- Specs:
- ( 244 x 37 ft ) 1677 gross tons, 12 crew
- Sunk:
- Saturday July 24, 1909
foundered in storm - no casualties - Depth:
- 100 ft
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- Type:
- freighter
- Built:
- 1919, Hog Island PA USA
- Specs:
- ( 390 x 54 ft ) 5031 gross tons, 51 crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday December 31, 1942
foundered in a storm - 20 casualties - Depth:
- 225 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, collier, USA
- Built:
- 1916, Ashtabula OH USA, as Nordstrand, later Sekstant
- Specs:
- ( 253 x 43 ft ) 2468 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday June 17, 1944
collision with freighter Jesse Billingsley - no casualties - Depth:
- 70 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, freighter, Britain
- Built:
- 1921, England
- Specs:
- ( 270 x 39 ft ) 2755 gross tons, 34 crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday February 19, 1942
torpedoed by U-432 - no survivors - Depth:
- 165 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, freighter, USA
- Built:
- 1944/1945 USA as FS-??? (US Army Design 381)
- Specs:
- ( 176 x 32 ft ) 560 tons
- Sponsor:
- Seacoast Products Inc, Fisherman Magazine
- Sunk:
- Friday March 29, 1985 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°13.763' -74°12.182'
- Depth:
- 85 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, freighter, Netherlands
- Name:
- The Pinta was one of three sister ships named for Columbus' original three vessels, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
- Built:
- 1959, Denmark
- Specs:
- ( 194 x 31 ft ) 1000 gross tons, 12 crew
- Sunk:
- Wednesday May 8, 1963
collision with freighter City of Perth ( 7547 tons) - no casualties - GPS:
- 40°13.827' -73°50.625' (AWOIS 1988)
- Depth:
- 85 ft, starts at 55 ft
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The Shrewsbury Rocks are a wide area of rocky bottom that stretches from fourteen feet of water out to the fifty-foot mark off of Monmouth Beach. Some of the formations are twenty feet tall or more and can be very pretty under good conditions, which are unfortunately seldom this far north. The stone itself is a type of sandstone known as Greensand.
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