New Jersey Dive Sites (11/31) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Emerald - USS Hibiscus / Frances Wright

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:: November 1864, S.M. Pook (see below), Fair Haven, CT
Specs:: 500 tons
Sunk:: Wednesday April 30, 1873
foundered after losing a propeller shaft - no casualties
Depth:: 75 ft

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Eugene F Moran

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1902, Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia PA USA as Charles E. Matthews
Specs:: ( 91 x 22 ft ) 164 gross tons, 11 crew
Sunk:: Sunday December 9, 1917
foundered in storm - no survivors
Depth:: 25 ft

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Eureka

Type:: shipwreck, trawler?, USA
Depth:: 110 ft

debris field, boiler, machinery

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Evening Star

Type:: shipwreck, tanker
Depth:: 40 ft

The Evening Star or 'Pig Iron Wreck' appears to be the remains of a tanker that ran aground and broke up. The wreck sits in 40 ft of water and is scattered over a relatively large area.

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F.F. Clain

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Specs:: 963 tons
Sunk:: Wednesday February 17, 1943
possibly collision with Harry Rush
Depth:: 75 ft

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Florida

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:: 1876, Baltimore MD USA
Specs:: ( 259 x 36 ft ) 1280 gross tons, no crew
Sunk:: Wednesday May 14, 1930
foundered in storm while being towed to wreckers - no casualties
Depth:: shallow

unknown, probably buried

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Fort Victoria

Type:: shipwreck, liner, Furness-Bermuda Line, Bermuda
Built:: 1913, Scotland, as Willochra
Specs:: ( 411 x 56 ft ) 7784 gross tons, 371 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Wednesday December 18, 1929
collision in fog with liner Algonquin ( see Mohawk ) - no casualties
GPS:: 40°28.907' -73°54.398' (AWOIS 1991)
Depth:: 50 ft

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Francis A Perkins

Type:: shipwreck, schooner, pilot boat, USA
Built:: 1876, New York, USA
Specs:: ( 78 x 20 ft ) 52 tons, 9 crew
Sunk:: Monday January 24, 1887
ran aground - 2 casualties
Depth:: 80 ft

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G.L. 78

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Specs:: ( 50 ft )
Sunk:: Saturday September 11, 1937
GPS:: 40°18.834' -73°53.094' (AWOIS 2008)
Depth:: 65 ft

This wreck is often referred to as a trawler, but it is really a self-propelled wooden dump scow of the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company.

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Garden State North Artificial Reef

6.5 Nautical Miles off Harvey Cedars, 1.50 sq miles
Depth: 65-85 ft [download]

Good Times and Queen Mary are plotted from 1989 LORAN numbers. Although the TDs are slightly different, the resulting conversions are identical. It doesn't matter, neither one is still there.

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