Manasquan Dive Sites (7/11)

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Type:
shipwreck, iron-hulled schooner barge ( formerly a Scottish/Italian bark )
Built:
1868, Dundee, Scotland
Specs:
693 tons
Sunk:
Saturday October 29, 1938
Depth:
60 ft

Shipwreck Maurice Tracy
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

Shipwreck Meta
Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship, Germany
Built:
1855, Damariscotta ME USA
Specs:
( 204 x 42 ft ) 1812 tons
24 crew
Sunk:
Sunday October 14, 1883
ran aground in fog - no casualties
Depth:
20 ft

wood wreck



Shipwreck SS Mohawk
Not to be confused with the R.C. Mohawk or the other S.S. Mohawk.
Type:
shipwreck, liner, USA, Clyde-Mallory Lines ( sailing under Ward Lines )
Name:
A tribe of Iroquoian Indians of the eastern New York area.
Three identical sisters were named Cherokee, Seminole, and Algonquin
Built:
1926, Newport News VA USA ( Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. )
Specs:
( 387 x 54 ft ) 5897 gross tons, 163 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Thursday January 25, 1935
collision with Norwegian freighter Talisman - 45 casualties
Depth:
80 ft max

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Deep and dark, the Mud Hole is the Hudson River's channel from a time when the oceans were much lower. Today it collects all the silt and sediment that the river carries out to the sea, making it a very fertile fishing ground, frequented by pelagic fishes and sharks.


Type:
barge
Depth:
85 ft

Probably so-named because it is the next-closest thing to the Pinta at the same depth. So if that wreck turns out to be occupied by another boat, you get a "New Deal". Seldom visited, so should be good for fish and lobsters. A large and relatively intact barge filled with stones. Known by many other names, depending on who you ask.


Shipwreck New Era
This painting is very bad - the masts and sails are all backwards !
Type:
shipwreck, clipper, USA
Specs:
1300 tons, ~500 passengers & crew
Sunk:
November 13, 1854; ran aground during storm - few survivors

Shipwreck Northeast Sailor
Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship
Depth:
75 ft

The "Northeast Sailor" is the remains of a large sailing ship. The absence of towing bits is an indicator that this was probably not a schooner barge, while the presence of a boiler and steam machinery place the vessel in the mid to late nineteenth century.


Type:
shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
Sunk:
Monday April 17, 1961
Depth:
65 ft

wooden hull probably completely disintegrated by now


Manasquan Dive Sites

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Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge
Depth:
80 ft

Another schooner barge or sailing ship. Close to shore and very near the Maurice Tracy. It is sometimes a second or third dive because of this. She's in 70 feet of water on a sandy seafloor. Lots of wood walls and some decking, it's been better for spearfishing lately rather than bugs, but that'll depend on when she was last dived. Named after the fishing boat that found the spot.

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