New York Dive Sites (3/15)
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- Type:
- Celtic - shipwreck, canal tugboat, USA
Cape Race - shipwreck, barge, USA - Built:
- Celtic - 1958, USA
- Specs:
- Celtic - ( 85 ft ) 6 crew
Cape Race - ( 150 ft ) - Sunk:
- Saturday November 17, 1984
barge foundered, pulling tug down with it - no survivors - Depth:
- 60 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, schooner, USA
- Built:
- 1904, Millbridge ME USA
- Specs:
- ( 225 x 42 ft ) 1498 gross tons
- Sunk:
- July 22, 1919; ran aground in fog
- Depth:
- 25 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, freighter, Chile
- Built:
- 1937, England, as Helga
- Specs:
- ( 292 x 41 ft ) 1700 gross tons, 67 crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday September 21, 1944
collision with tanker British Harmony, then with freighter Voco ( 5090 tons) while at anchor, then with tanker Empire Garrick - no casualties - Depth:
- 195 ft, starts at 160 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, schooner, USA
- Specs:
- 306 tons, 6 crew
- Sunk:
- Saturday April 26, 1902
ran aground in bad weather - no casualties - GPS:
- 40°25.992' -73°10.620' (AWOIS 2013)
- Depth:
- 25 ft
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Old Ships Make New Homes For Fish
Old vessels make excellent artificial reefs. They provide high profile structure for pelagic fish, low profile structure for demersal fish, as well as surface area for the attachment of mussels, barnacles, tubeworms, and other food organisms. Shipwrecks have been the basis for the state's bottom fisheries which feature sea bass, tautog, ling, cod, and pollock. and for recreational scuba diving activities. The New Jersey coast has a large number of shipwrecks, estimates range from 500 to 3,000. These wrecks are the result of 200 years of maritime disasters and enemy submarine operations during World Wars I and II.
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