- Type:
- shipwreck, tugboat, USA
- Specs:
- ( 113 ft ) 8 crew
- Sunk:
- Sunday March 3, 1985
collision with one of its own barges - no casualties - Depth:
- 230 ft
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New York Dive Sites (7/15)
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- Type:
- shipwreck, schooner barge, USA
- Built:
- 1892
- Specs:
- ( 242 x 39 ft ) 1277 gross tons, 5 crew
- Sunk:
- Friday April 3, 1903
holed by explosion - 5 casualties - Depth:
- 130 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, collier, USA
- Name:
- Kenosha, the seat of Kenosha County, is a city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan.
- Built:
- 1894, West Bay City MI USA, as Madagascar
- Specs:
- ( 244 x 37 ft ) 1677 gross tons, 12 crew
- Sunk:
- Saturday July 24, 1909
foundered in storm - no casualties - Depth:
- 100 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1885, Bath ME USA
- Specs:
- ( 252 x 37 ft ) 1605 tons, 351 passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Monday February 11, 1907
collision with schooner Harry Knowlton - 334 casualties - Depth:
- 140 ft
huge paddlewheels; wooden hull draped with fishing nets; hazardous currents & poor viz.
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- Type:
- shipwreck, tanker, USA (Texaco)
- Built:
- 1919, Bath ME USA
- Specs:
- ( 432 x 56 ft ) 6429 tons, 37 crew + dog
- Sunk:
- Friday February 10, 1939
ran aground on Block Island - no casualties - Depth:
- 30 ft
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Modified from The Challenger Reports (summary), 1895
Human populations through time have often flourished near the sea, partly because of the food resources that can be found there, but also because of the ease of transportation of people and cargo by boats. Observations about various organisms and environments were of course a major part of human activities since the earliest times, since the very survival of early Homo sapiens depended on this knowledge to obtain food and provide defense against dangerous plants and animals.
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