New Jersey Dive Sites (16/31)

Dive Sites - New Jersey

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Freighter Lillian
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, USA
Built:
1920, Bethlehem Wilmington, Wilmington DE USA, as Maddequet
Specs:
( 327 x 46 ft ) 3482 gross tons, 32 crew
Sunk:
Sunday February 26, 1939
collision with freighter Wiegand ( 6568 tons) - no casualties
Depth:
150 ft

"Deploying a clam dredge in nearshore waters, New Jersey, Cape May."
Date: May 1968
Type:
shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
Built:
1962, St Augustine, FL USA
Specs:
( 66 x 18 ft ) 74 gross tons
Sunk:
Monday, Jan 16, 1978
capsized

Little Egg Artificial Reef

4.0 Nautical Miles off Holgate, 2.05 sq miles
Depth: 50-60 ft [download]


Brigantine Inlet


Shipwreck Lizzie D
Type:
shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:
1907, Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia PA USA
Specs:
( 77 x 21 ft ) 122 gross tons, 13 crew
Sunk:
Thursday October 19, 1922
unknown, related to smuggling during Prohibition - no survivors
Depth:
80 ft

Shipwreck Lizzie H. Brayton
Type:
shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:
1891, Bath ME USA
Specs:
( 201 ft ) 979 tons, 9 crew
Sunk:
Sunday March 27, 1914
ran aground in storm - no casualties
Depth:
15 ft

Long Branch Locomotives
Type:
2 identical small locomotives
Sunk:
1850s ?
GPS:
40.274769° --73.872292° (AWOIS 1991)
Depth:
85 ft

Logwood
Launching of the John D. Colwell
Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship
Built:
1906, Cobb, Butler & Co, Rockland, Maine, USA, as John D. Colwell
Specs:
( 192 x 39 ft ) 1,042 gross tons, 14 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Wednesday May 12, 1920
collision with tanker Laramie, no casualties
Depth:
95 ft

Long Branch Pier Rubble
Remains of the pier still standing in October 1997; it was demolished in June-July 2001
Type:
oceanfront pier
Built:
1911
Depth:
15 ft?


Little Egg Artificial Reef

4.0 Nautical Miles off Holgate, 2.05 sq miles
Depth: 50-60 ft [download]