New Jersey Dive Sites (14/30)
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- Type:
- submarine chaser, later trawler, scallop boat, USA
- Built:
- 1943, Elizabeth City NC USA
- Specs:
- ( 112 x 18 ft ) 99 gross tons
- Sunk:
- ???
- Depth:
- 90 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, barge
- Depth:
- 95 ft
This wreck seems to be one or more wooden barges, possibly garbage barges from the 1920s. There is an anchor in one spot near a machinery pile, and in other spots, the old walls rise perhaps 10 ft off the bottom. But otherwise, everything is pretty broken down. This forms many hiding holes for lobster and rock crabs, and there is one in almost every hole, and some quite large. The Sea Bass are also good-sized. Yellowish natural sponges and bottles are easy to find.
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- Type:
- schooner barge & tugboat ?
- Depth:
- 85 ft
This is a fascinating big wreck of a wooden schooner barge. The broken stern is upended, forming a hollow pyramid that is full of fish. The sides and keel extend north from there to the bow, from which extends a chain which reaches to another much smaller wreck, which is known as the "Inshore Tug."
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- Type:
- shipwreck, barges ( 2 )
- Sunk:
- Saturday May 26, 1934
foundered in storm - 2 casualties - Depth:
- 70 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, party boat
- Specs:
- ( 47 ft ) 22 crew & passengers
- Sunk:
- Sunday Oct 24, 1982
foundered in rough weather - 6 casualties - Depth:
- 80 ft
probably nothing left but the engine, and that is probably buried
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- Type:
- shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
- Built:
- 1951, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ, USA, as Maidstone
- Specs:
- ( 120 ft ) 227 gross tons, 5 crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday January 16, 1992; winter storm - no casualties
- Depth:
- 70 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
- Built:
- 1841, Westerly RI USA
- Specs:
- ( 119 x 27 ft ) 398 tons
- Sunk:
- Thursday February 15, 1846
ran aground in storm - approximately 10 survivors and 40 dead - Depth:
- 20 ft
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There is actually a wealth of books on the subject of diving the New Jersey / New York area. A great deal more information, including loran numbers and/or directions, much more detailed histories and descriptions, and historical photos, can be found in these references, and I highly recommend all of them. You can find these at your local dive shop, or order all of them directly from the links on this page.
Many out-of-print titles are still available from used book dealers and can be found by searching online.
Update 2020:
Unfortunately, most of these are out of print now, but you can search out used copies.
Latest
Undiminished Violence by Thomas G Clark |  |
Where Divers Dare The Hunt for the Last U-boat by Randall Peffer |  |
Hidden History of Maritime New Jersey by Steve Nagiewicz |  |
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