Manasquan Dive Sites (7/11) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Manasquan Dive Sites (7/11)

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Marion

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

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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

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Middle Barge

Type:: shipwreck, schooner barges ( 3 )
Depth:: 75 ft

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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.

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New Deal

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.

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New Era

Type:: shipwreck, clipper, USA
Specs:: 1300 tons, ~500 passengers & crew
Sunk:: November 13, 1854; ran aground during storm - few survivors

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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.

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Olsen

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

wooden hull probably completely disintegrated by now

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December 11, 2021

What I said I wasn't going to do

December 11, 2021

I have restored the links in the dive sites charts. A lot of dog-work, but it's a lousy day outside, so why not? A while ago I worked out a way of doing it that WordPress won't eat, and did the Artificial Reefs. The clickable charts were always my favorite part of the site, and I really wasn't happy to give them up, although overall, the transition to WordPress was worth it. Now they are back, and better than before.

WordPress sites are all rather blah, in my opinion, like they were all designed by the same 8-year-old. It doesn't matter what theme you choose, they all look blocky and bland. My goal in WordPress was always to recreate the old html site. I think this is the last piece.

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