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USS Turner DD-648

Type:: shipwreck, destroyer, Bristol class, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1942, 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, 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

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

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

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

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

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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Wildwood Artificial Reef

4.5 Nautical Miles off Wildwood
Depth: 40-65 ft [download]

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William B. Diggs

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Built:: 1918
Specs:: 1041 tons
Sunk:: Monday September 3, 1934
foundered - no casualties
Depth:: 42 ft

The Diggs was engaged in a salvage operation at the time of her loss and actually settled on top of another shipwreck, of unknown origin. The green blinker buoy for which it is known was removed after the wooden wreck was demolished in the 1970s. Also known as the "Green Blinker Wreck".

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December 2, 2021

Dutch Springs - The End of an Era

December 2, 2021

Don't know how I missed this, but back in August, Stu retired and sold Dutch Springs to a developer who plans to put two warehouses on the property:

As you can see, one warehouse fills the small wooded area (lower-left) that was basically unused, while the other obliterates the entire area between the quarry and the road. This leaves no room for parking or facilities. The property is approximately 95 acres, but more than half of that is water.

Sad, but Stu built the place and ran it for 40 years, and he has a right to retire. As we all know, anything having to do with diving brings insurance into the mix, and thus far no other solution has been found.

The quarry will be fenced-off, and Dutch Springs will enter the history books.

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