Long Island East Dive Sites (1/4)
Long Island - East Chart
- 3/4 Tug
- 44097 Weather Buoy
- 44402 Weather Buoy
- Amsterdam
- Andrea Doria
- Atlantic
- USS Baldwin
- Barataria
- USS Bass
- Black Point
- Burnside
- Coastwise
- Coimbra
- HMS Culloden
- Defender
- Dodger
- John A. Downs
- Essex
- USS G-1
- USS G-2
- Gate City
- Gluckauf
- Grecian
- Horton's Point / Commodore
- Hylton Castle
- John C. Fitzpatrick
- Kenosha
- Kismet Artificial Reef
- USS L-8
- Larchmont
- Lexington
- Lightburne
- Linda
- Maiden Creek
- Malden
- Mattituck Inlet
- Mattituck Artificial Reef
- Montauk Inlet
- Moriches Inlet
- Mount Sinai Harbor
- Myronus
- Norness
- USS Ohio
- Old Yankee
- Olinda
- Oregon
- Panther
- Ponquogue Bridge
- Port Jefferson Artificial Reef
- Port Jefferson Inlet
- Reggie
- Republic
- USS San Diego
- Sea Wolf
- Sebastian
- Shinnecock Inlet
- Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant
- Smithtown Artificial Reef
- Snug Harbor
- USS Spikefish
- Suffolk
- USS Tarantula
- Tennyson
- Thames
- Thelma Phoebe
- U-853
- Volund
- Wolcott
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- Type:
- shipwreck, liner, Italy
- Name:
- A 16th century Genoese Admiral. This name had been previously carried by a number of Italian warships ( see page bottom )
- Built:
- 1951, Italy
- Specs:
- ( 700 x 90 ft ) 29083 displacement tons, 1706 passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday July 26, 1956
collision with freighter Stockholm ( 12000 tons) - 46 casualties - GPS:
- 40°29.405' -69°52.028' (AWOIS)
- Depth:
- 240 ft ( 190 ft minimum )
More: Andrea Doria ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, USA
- Built:
- May 1846, Jeremiah Simonson, New York NY USA
- Specs:
- ( 320 x 36 ft ) 1112 gross tons, 75 passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Friday November 26, 1846
boiler explosion; then grounded during storm on Fisher's Island - 45 casualties - Depth:
- 20 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1937, Bethlehem Beaumont, Beaumont TX USA
- Specs:
- ( 68 ft ) 4 crew
- Sunk:
- Tuesday November 25, 1971
structural failure during storm due to improper modifications - 2 casualties - Depth:
- 136 ft
More: Barataria ...
Dozens of jetties up and down the coast have been cut-though at the base like this one, making them inaccessible to fishermen, but not divers !
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- Type:
- shipwreck, collier, USA
- Built:
- 1918, New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA
- Specs:
- ( 369 x 55 ft ) 5353 displacement tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday May 5, 1945
torpedoed by U-853 - 12 casualties - Depth:
- 85 ft
More: Black Point ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, submarine, private
- Built:
- 1906, Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Newport News, VA USA,
as Simon Lake XV - Specs:
- ( 92 x 13 ft ) 200 tons
- Sunk:
- 1946, scuttled
More: Defender ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer
- Built:
- 1890, Cramp Shipbuilding, Philadelphia PA USA
- Specs:
- ( 272 x 40 ft ) 3018 tons
- Sunk:
- Thursday September 25, 1941
ran aground on Block Island - no casualties - Depth:
- 30 ft
bow, boilers, hull plates & ribs
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- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1878, Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works, Chester PA USA
- Specs:
- ( 254 x 39 ft ) 1997 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Thursday February 8, 1900
ran aground in dense fog - no casualties - Depth:
- 25 ft
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Pseudopleuronectes americanus
to 25" and 8 lbs.
usually much smaller
Profile by
Paul G. Scarlett,
Principal Fisheries Biologist
Bureau of Marine Fisheries
Common Name:
Winter Flounder,
also called Flounder, Blackback, Black
Flounder, Georges Bank Flounder, Lemon
Sole, Sole, Flatfish, Rough Flounder, and Mud Dab
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