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Absecon Inlet


Type:
shipwreck, wooden something or other
Depth:
155 ft

Type:
shipwreck, trawler
Depth:
80 ft

A very broken-up steel fishing vessel; another victim of bottom draggers and sea conditions. If you can find all of her small pieces while diving here, one or two divers might do very well catching lobsters.


Shipwreck Admiral Dupont
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:
1847, England, as Anglia
Specs:
( 195 x 28 ft ) 750 gross tons, 50 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Thursday June 8, 1865
collision with ship Stadacona - 17 casualties
Depth:
150 ft

Shipwreck Adriatic

"This picture was taken several years ago by my wife, Debbie. We were searching for the Adriatic's lost clam dredge that day. Later, after the sinking, my group of divers was the first to dive on and identify her. I used this picture at the dive site to set the dive plan and objectives."

- Capt. Duane Clause, Porthole II

Type:
shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
Built:
1977, Master Marine, Bayou La Bâtre AL USA
Specs:
( 74 ft ) 134 gross tons, 4 crew
Sunk:
Monday January 18, 1999
foundered in rough seas - no survivors
Depth:
65 ft

Type:
shipwreck, barge
Built:
1877
Specs:
( 180 ft ) 2154 tons
Sunk:
1930s, no casualties
Depth:
40 ft

The Alex Gibson shipwreck is the remains of a wooden barge. The barge was built in 1877 was 180 ft long and displaced 2154 tons. She was sunk in the 1930s and now sits in 40 ft of water on a clean sand bottom.


Shipwreck Alex Mac
Type:
shipwreck, scallop dredge, USA
Built:
1968, St Augustine FL USA
Specs:
( 64x20 ft ) 48 tons
4 crew
Sunk:
Thursday June 29, 2006
collision in fog - 2 casualties
Depth:
75 ft

no photo available

Type:
shipwreck, trawler, USA
Built:
1978, S & R Boat Builders, Bayou La Batre AL USA
as Laura Jo
Specs:
( 72 x 21 ft ) 113 gross tons
Sunk:
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
"flooded"

Alexander Hamilton
Aground on a sandbar in Highlands, circa 1975

The Alexander Hamilton was the last of the steam-powered side-wheel riverboats of the Hudson River Day Line. Built in 1924, she ceased operations in 1971. A well-meaning group pulled the Hamilton from the mud in 1977 and moved her to a temporary berth along the east side of the Navy pier, planning to restore her as a museum. Unfortunately, at the new more-exposed location, the old vessel was sunk and reduced to scrap by a sudden storm in November of that year. The last records indicate that the wreck is still there, and you can even make out the outline on Google Earth.


New Jersey Dive Sites

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