- Type:
- shipwreck, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1887, Philadelphia PA USA, as Beverly Francis
- Specs:
- ( 67 x 16 ft ) 52 gross tons, 4 crew
- Sunk:
- Wednesday January 3, 1979
unknown cause - no survivors - Depth:
- 45 ft
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New Jersey Dive Sites (15/30)
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more than two feet above the bottom. Cunners
These low outcroppings appear in small to large patches over a two-mile area called the Klondike, and elsewhere, at depths ranging from 60 to 90 feet. The overhangs, crags, and holes afforded by the piles of rocks and boulders provide excellent homes for fish and lobsters. Visibility can be great here at times, but it is usually 10-20 ft, with a silty bottom in most places. The larger areas extend for many hundreds of feet, and an incautious diver can easily get lost. The stone itself is a type of sandstone known as Greensand, which occurs along the northern part of the New Jersey coast, and parts of Long Island, most famously as the Shrewsbury Rocks.
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- Type:
- shipwreck, scallop dredge, USA
- Built:
- 1973, Pascagoula MS USA, as Dorinda
- Specs:
- ( 71 x 21 ft ) 104 gross tons, 4 crew
- Sunk:
- Sunday October 31, 1976
foundered in rough seas - no casualties - Depth:
- 90 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, tanker
- Specs:
- ( 120 ft )
- Depth:
- 115 ft
This is erroneously called a tug, but its shape and size indicate that she was once might have been a small oiler or tanker. The wreck lies upright in the muddy bottom at 120 feet. She comes up 15 feet off the bottom in many places and is mostly intact. I have little idea of age, but her conditions suggest she's been there for 30-40 years or more.
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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship, Canada
- Specs:
- ( 107 x 24 ft ) 408 tons
6 crew & passengers - Sunk:
- Sunday, January 28, 1855
ran aground in storm - 5-10 casualties - Depth:
- 12 feet
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- Type:
- shipwreck, collier, USA
- Built:
- 1917, Camden NJ USA, as Deepwater
- Specs:
- ( 437 x 63 ft ) 7610 gross tons, 34 crew
- Sunk:
- Saturday March 14, 1942
torpedoed by U-404 - 20 casualties - Depth:
- 80 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, trawler
- Specs:
- ( 76 ft ) 3 crew
- Sunk:
- Monday March 23, 1964
collision - no casualties - Depth:
- 80 ft
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Depth: 50-60 ft
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Having said all that about doubles, there are still times when it makes more sense to dive "lite". Out of the water, double tanks are very heavy and cumbersome, which makes them practical only for boat entries, where you simply have to stagger across the deck and fall overboard. At other times, and in less deep situations, you can maintain a safe redundant air supply using a much lighter "pony bottle" - a small tank of 20-40 cubic feet, weighing only about 10-20 lbs, with its own regulator that is used only in an emergency. Some of the situations where this configuration is useful to include medium-depth dives, 40-80 ft, training and practice dives ( especially in the quarry, where it is possible to reach quite deep water from the shore ), and excursions to the tropics.
Larger pony bottles ( 40-50 cf ) are also useful as "swing bottles" for carrying special decompression mixes, while the smaller ones are small enough to actually take with you when you travel. Most airlines will allow it in checked baggage if you remove the valve. This is very useful since many tropical destinations are not equipped to provide the kind of safety equipment that we take for granted here. The smallest pony bottles are really not big enough to get you out of trouble on a deep Jersey dive, however.
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