Long Island West Dive Sites (10/10) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Long Island West Dive Sites (10/10)

Long Island - Central Chart

3 Sisters
3/4 Tug
59-Pounder
Acara
Across
Arnoff
Arundo
Asfalto
Ayuruoca
BA Wreck
Balaena
Bald Eagle
USS Benson
Beth Dee Bob
Blue Boy
Burnside
Catamount
Choapa
coal (Lido)
Coastwise
Continent
Dodger
Dragger
Drumelzier
drydock
Edwin Duke / Stone Barge
dump
East Rockaway Inlet
Eureka
Fire Island Inlet
Gate City
Gluckauf
I.P. Goulandris
Gypsy
Happy Days
Harvey's Schooner
Howard
Hylton Castle
Iberia
Immaculata
Irma C
Jones Inlet
Jones Tug
Kenosha
Kismet Artificial Reef
Larsen
Linda
Lizzie D
Margaret
R.C. Mohawk
Moriches Inlet
Old Yankee
Oregon
Pipe Barge
Ponquogue Bridge
Ruth Shaw
Reggie
Rockaway Belle
Roda
USS San Diego
SC-209
Sea Wolf
Shinnecock Inlet
Sommerstad
Steel Wreck
Stolt Dagali
USS Tarantula
Train Wheel
Valerie E
Wolcott
Yankee (G+D)
Yellowbar Artificial Reef

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USS Tarantula SP-124

Type:: shipwreck, patrol boat, converted yacht, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1912, Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA USA
Specs:: ( 129 x 19 ft ) 160 gross tons
Sunk:: Monday October 28, 1918
collision with steamer Frisia - no casualties
Depth:: 115 ft

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USS Turner DD-648

Type:: shipwreck, destroyer, Bristol class, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1942, Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ USA
Specs:: ( 350 x 36 ft ) 1700 displacement tons, 301 crew
Sunk:: Monday January 3, 1944
munitions explosion while at anchor - 138 casualties
Depth:: 55 ft

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Valerie E

Type:: shipwreck, clam dredge
Built:: 1968, Kennedy Brown, Palatka FL
Specs:: ( 71 ft ) 116 gross tons, 3 crew
Sunk:: Thursday January 16, 1992; winter storm - no survivors
Depth:: 75 ft

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Wolcott

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.

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Yankee (G&D)

Type:: shipwreck, Great Lakes freighter, USA
Built:: 1890, AmShip Cleveland, Cleveland OH 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

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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.

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900 yards east of the Robert Moses Fixed Bridge, 0.01 sq miles
Depth: 25 - 40 ft

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Long Island West Dive Sites

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Lobstering - The Hunt

The first thing about catching a lobster is don't be too afraid of it. Small lobsters - restaurant-sized 1-2 pounders - are not strong enough to really hurt you. Wear a good heavy pair of gloves, and their pinch may be painful, but not damaging. Larger lobsters deserve more respect, because they certainly can hurt you. Really big ones could even break bones. I had a big one once bite me so hard it gave me nerve damage in my thumb. I boiled him personally, and the numbness and swelling went away after a few weeks.

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