New York Dive Sites (14/15)
Dive Sites - New York
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- Type:
- artificial reef, Andromeda class attack transport ( freighter ), U.S. Navy, also known as a "Victory Ship", although often incorrectly referred to as a Liberty Ship
- Name:
- One of a series of Navy transports named for stars;
Algol is a star in the constellation Perseus, also known as the Demon star. - Built:
- 1943, Moore Drydock, Oakland CA USA, as James Barnes
- Specs:
- ( 459 x 63 ft ) 13910 displacement tons, 429 crew *
* this figure almost certainly includes embarked Marines - Sponsor:
- Federal Aid in Sportfish Restoration
- Sunk:
- Thursday November 22, 1991 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°06.545' -73°41.450'
- Depth:
- 145 ft +, starts at 70 ft, main deck at 110 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, submarine, U.S. Navy
- Built:
- 1924, Portsmouth Navy Yard, NH USA
- Specs:
- ( 341 x 28 ft ) 2000 displacement tons, no crew
- Sunk:
- Monday March 12, 1945
deliberate - weapons test - Depth:
- 155 ft - sand ; 140 ft - deck ; 120 ft - conning tower
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- Type:
- shipwreck, submarine, U.S. Navy
- Built:
- 1911, Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Newport News, VA USA
- Specs:
- ( 161 x 13 ft ) 400 tons, no crew
- Sunk:
- Tuesday June 21, 1921, deliberate - weapons test
More: USS G-1 SS-19 ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, submarine, U.S. Navy
- Built:
- 1912, Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Newport News, VA USA
- Specs:
- ( 161 x 13 ft ) 400 tons, no crew
- Sunk:
- Wednesday July 30, 1919
foundered after weapons tests - 3 casualties (inspection crew) - Depth:
- 81 ft
More: USS G-2 SS-27 ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, submarine, U.S. Navy
- Built:
- 1917, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH USA
- Specs:
- ( 167 x 15 ft ) no crew
- Sunk:
- Wednesday May 26, 1926
deliberate - torpedo test - Depth:
- 110 ft
More: USS L-8 SS-48 ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, 74 gun ship-of-the-line, U.S. Navy
- Name:
- that place next to Indiana
- Built:
- 1820, New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn NY USA
- Specs:
- ( 208 x 54 ft ) 2757 gross tons
- Sunk:
- April 1884
set adrift and grounded by storm while being dismantled, later deliberately burned - Depth:
- 20 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, armored cruiser, U.S. Navy
- Built:
- 1904, Bethlehem San Francisco, San Francisco USA, as U.S.S. California
- Specs:
- ( 503 x 70 ft ) 13680 displacement tons
- Sunk:
- Friday July 19, 1918
explosion, probably struck a mine laid by U-156
officially 6 casualties, probably 30-40 in reality - GPS:
- 40°32.433' -73°02.484' (AWOIS 2008)
- Depth:
- 110 ft, starts at 65 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, patrol boat, converted yacht, U.S. Navy
- Built:
- 1912, Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA USA
- Specs:
- ( 129 x 19 ft ) 160 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Monday October 28, 1918
collision with steamer Frisia - no casualties - Depth:
- 115 ft
More: USS Tarantula SP-124 ...
I finally added two "new" artificial reefs, the Carrabassett on the Axel Carlson Reef and the New England Coast on the Shark River Reef. I have been waiting patiently for the numbers to be released, and was just informed that these two sites are undergoing "a period of successional development and monitoring" before publication. These studies were never announced at the time, in fact the New England Coast was kept out of the newspapers entirely, obviously so the science would not be tainted by the public. I imagine this study is a lot like this one, conducted by NJDEP fisheries biologists Jennifer Resciniti and Bill Figley over the course of 8 years, published in 2003.
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