New Jersey Dive Sites (15/31)
- 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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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, freighter, USA
- Built:
- 1918, Lorain OH USA
- Specs:
- ( 251 x 43 ft ) 2622 gross tons, 38 crew
- Sunk:
- Monday July 12, 1920
collision with SS Comus - 2 casualties
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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
More: Lana Carol ...
- 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
More: Leon Walter ...
A ferry is a ship designed to transport people or vehicles across the water on a regular schedule. Ferries generally cover only short distances in protected areas and are not designed for the open sea. The distinction between a ferry and a steamer is a blurred one, though, especially in the waters around New York City, where the same company might operate a cross-river vehicle and passenger ferries, and cross-bay passenger steamers, all for the same commuter service. Some ferries even carried rail cars.
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