New York Dive Sites (8/15) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Lightburne

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, USA (Texaco)
Built:: 1919, Texas Steamship Company, 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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Linda

Type:: wooden schooner
Specs:: ( 244 x 37 ft ) 1677 tons, 12 crew
Sunk:: unknown
Depth:: 140 ft

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Lizzie D

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1907, Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia PA USA
Specs:: ( 77 x 21 ft ) 122 gross tons, 13 crew
Sunk:: Thursday October 19, 1922
unknown, related to smuggling during Prohibition - no survivors
Depth:: 80 ft

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Long Island Sound Dive Sites Chart

Long Island Sound - West Chart

44039 Weather Buoy
Amsterdam
Atlantic
Barataria
USS Bass
Bayville barge
Black Point
Celtic/Cape Race
Condor
HMS Culloden
Defender
John A. Downs
Essex
Gwendoline Steers
USS G-1
USS G-2
Grecian
Horton's Point / Commodore
Huntington Artificial Reef
HMS Hussar
USS L-8
Larchmont
Lexington
Lightburne
Malden
Matinecock Artificial Reef
Mattituck Inlet
Mattituck Artificial Reef
Montauk Inlet
Mount Sinai Harbor
Myronus
USS Ohio
Olinda
Poling Bros #2
Port Jefferson Artificial Reef
Port Jefferson Inlet
Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant
Smithtown Artificial Reef
Snug Harbor
Thames
Thelma Phoebe
U-853
Volund
Delaware River Water Gap

Long Island Sound - East Chart

Long Island Sound averages 60 ft in depth, with the greatest depth of over 300 ft at the eastern end. Tidal effects are strongest at the narrow western end, where all the inrushing water flow piles up and makes tidal variations of up to 7 ft. Strong tidal currents are also prevalent, and visibility tends to be poorer than the open ocean, especially at depth.

Long Island Sound Dive Sites

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Macedonia

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, Germany
( at time of loss chartered to Ward Lines, see Mohawk )
Name:: Macedonia is a region in the southern Balkans, adjoining Greece, and formerly part of Yugoslavia.
Built:: 1894, England
Specs:: ( 280 x 41 ft ) 2268 gross tons, 19 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Tuesday June 13, 1899
collision with liner Hamilton ( 3127 tons) - 1 casualty
GPS:: 40°21.418' -73°56.153' (AWOIS 1991)
Depth:: 60 ft

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Maine

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:: 1891, Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington DE USA
Specs:: ( 310 x 44 ft ) 1505 gross tons
Sunk:: Wednesday February 4, 1920
pushed onto rocks by pack ice - no casualties
Depth:: 15 ft

low debris field

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Malden

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, USA
Built:: 1907, Bethlehem Quincy, Quincy MA USA
Specs:: ( 373 x 52 ft ) 5054 gross tons, 42 crew
Sunk:: Sunday September 19, 1921
collision with SS Jonancy - no casualties
Depth:: 40 ft

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Margaret

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat ?
Depth:: 40 ft

This unknown vessel is listed on the charts as "Margaret" and is speculated to be a tugboat. She may be the remains of the Margaret Olsen, a small steam-driven harbor boat, which collided with the tugboat Joseph A. Ginder on May 4, 1929. Visibility is usually pretty poor, 15 ft or less, and current can be a problem, due to the proximity to Deb's Inlet.

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Mattituck Inlet

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