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USS Jacob Jones DD-130

Shipwreck USS Jacob Jones — In the Panama Canal locks, 1920.

Type:: shipwreck, destroyer, Wickes / Tattnall class, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1919, New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 314 x 31 ft ) 1211 gross tons, 145 crew
Sunk:: Saturday February 28, 1942
torpedoed by U-578 - 134 casualties
Depth:: 120 ft

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USS S-5 SS-110

Shipwreck USS S-5

Type:: shipwreck, submarine, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1920, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, NH USA
Specs:: ( 231 x 21 ft ) 876 displacement tons, 37 crew
Sunk:: Wednesday September 1, 1920
flooded during test dive - no casualties
Depth:: 165 ft

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USS Turner DD-648

Shipwreck USS Turner

Type:: shipwreck, destroyer, Bristol class, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1942, Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ USA
Specs:: ( 350 x 36 ft ) 1700 displacement tons, 301 crew
Sunk:: Monday January 3, 1944
munitions explosion while at anchor - 138 casualties
Depth:: 55 ft

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Valerie E

Type:: shipwreck, clam dredge
Built:: 1968, Kennedy Brown, Palatka FL
Specs:: ( 71 ft ) 116 gross tons, 3 crew
Sunk:: Thursday January 16, 1992; winter storm - no survivors
Depth:: 75 ft

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Varanger

Shipwreck Varanger

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, Norway
Name:: A peninsula in north-east Norway ( a cold place )
also, an old Scandinavian term for "Viking"
Built:: 1925, Netherlands
Specs:: ( 470 x 60 ft ) 9305 gross tons, 40 crew
Sunk:: Sunday January 25, 1942
torpedoed by U-130 - no casualties
Depth:: 140 ft

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Vega

Shipwreck Vega — Circa 1950, enroute to Staten Island

Type:: shipwreck, ferry, USA
Built:: 1925, Staten Island NY USA
Specs:: ( 75 x 40 ft ) 84 tons
Sunk:: Wednesday January 11, 1961
capsized under tow in storm, no casualties
GPS:: 40°11.646' -73°56.787' (AWOIS 1990)
Depth:: 55 ft

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Vivian

Estelle Phinney

Type:: shipwreck, schooner
Built:: 1891, New London, Connecticut, USA
Specs:: ( 188 x 39 ft ) 922 gross tons, 10 crew
Sunk:: Saturday December 27, 1907
collision with schooner Elizabeth Palmer, 1 casualty
Depth:: 80 ft

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Vizcaya

Shipwreck Vizcaya

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, Spain
Name:: Vizcaya is a Basque province in northern Spain. The Basques are a fiercely independent seafaring people of unknown origin.
Built:: 1872, England, as Santander
Specs:: ( 287 x 38 ft ) 2458 gross tons, 103 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Saturday October 30, 1890
collision with schooner Cornelius Hargraves - 60 casualties
Depth:: 80 ft

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Wayne

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Specs:: 436 tons
Sunk:: Wednesday May 25, 1932
Depth:: 45 ft

wooden

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Western World

Shipwreck Western World

Type:: shipwreck, sailing ship, England
Specs:: ( 287 x 38 ft ) 2458 gross tons, 300+ passengers & crew
Sunk:: Saturday October 22, 1853
ran aground in heavy fog - no casualties
Depth:: 25 ft

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Relief Lightship WAL-505

Shipwreck Relief - Lightship WAL-505

Type:: shipwreck, lightship, USCG
Name:: Named for its job - as the "relief ship" for the other regular lightships along the eastern seaboard.
Built:: 1904, New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 129 x 28 ft ) 631 gross tons, 9 crew
Sunk:: Friday June 24, 1960
collision with freighter Green Bay - no casualties
GPS:: 40°27.144' -73°49.070' (AWOIS 2003)
Depth:: 105 ft, main deck at 90

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