New York Dive Sites (14/15)

Dive Sites - New York

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Type:
shipwreck, schooner
Depth:
120 ft

The Train Wheel Wreck is another unidentified wooden schooner. She is located in 120 feet of water only a few miles from the G&D Wreck. According to Jimmy Fazzolare divers will find a pile of train wheels and wooden debris. The Train Wheels must have been cargo. In the center of the wreck is a depression where divers can usually find big lobsters.


12-Mile Artificial Reef

12.0 nautical miles from Moriches and Shinnecock Inlets, 1.33 sq miles
Depth: 123 - 143 ft


Shipwreck U-853
Type:
shipwreck, Type IXc/40 U-boat, Kriegsmarine, Germany
Built:
1943, Germany
Specs:
( 252 x 22 ft ) 1051 displacement tons, 48-56 crew
Sunk:
Saturday May 6, 1945
sunk by destroyer escort USS Atherton - no survivors
Depth:
110-130 ft

Shipwreck U-869
Type:
shipwreck, Type IXc/40 U-boat, Kriegsmarine, Germany
Specs:
( 252 x 22 ft ) 1051 displacement tons, 48-56 crew
Built:
1944, Germany
Sunk:
February 11, 1945
sunk by destroyer escort USS Howard D. Crow - no survivors
Depth:
240 ft

USS Algol reef
The Algol just prior to sinking, November 1991.
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

Shipwreck USS Bass
This photo is signed by Admiral Chester W Nimitz.
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


Shipwreck USS G-2
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


Shipwreck U.S.S. Ohio
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

New York Dive Sites

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