Sandy Hook Dive Sites (6/11)

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Shipwreck Mistletoe
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:
1852, Chester PA USA
Specs:
( 153 x 27 ft ) 362 gross tons, 84 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Monday May 5, 1924
fire, burned to waterline - no casualties
GPS:
40°32.055' -73°50.900' (AWOIS 2013)
Depth:
42 ft

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Manasquan Chart Across          Larsen          Balaena         Benson          Drydock         Ayuruoca        Arundo          Goulandris      BA Wreck        Choapa          Continent       Gypsy           Stolt Dagali    Shark River Reef Coney Island    Mako Mania      USS Algol       Beth Dee Bob

Deep and dark, the Mud Hole is the Hudson River's channel from a time when the oceans were much lower. Today it collects all the silt and sediment that the river carries out to the sea, making it a very fertile fishing ground, frequented by pelagic fishes and sharks.


Shipwreck Nautilus
Type:
shipwreck, tugboat
Built:
maybe 1958 Jacksonville FL as Barbara ???
Specs:
( 47 ft )
Sunk:
circa 1971
Depth:
60 ft

Navesink River - Highlands
Looking west, Twin Lights at top center.
Type:
tidal river / inlet
Depth:
30 ft max

Type:
barge
Depth:
85 ft

Probably so-named because it is the next-closest thing to the Pinta at the same depth. So if that wreck turns out to be occupied by another boat, you get a "New Deal". Seldom visited, so should be good for fish and lobsters. A large and relatively intact barge filled with stones. Known by many other names, depending on who you ask.


Shipwreck New Era
This painting is very bad - the masts and sails are all backwards !
Type:
shipwreck, clipper, USA
Specs:
1300 tons, ~500 passengers & crew
Sunk:
November 13, 1854; ran aground during storm - few survivors

Shipwreck Pinta
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, Netherlands
Name:
The Pinta was one of three sister ships named for Columbus' original three vessels, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
Built:
1959, Denmark
Specs:
( 194 x 31 ft ) 1000 gross tons, 12 crew
Sunk:
Wednesday May 8, 1963
collision with freighter City of Perth ( 7547 tons) - no casualties
GPS:
40°13.827' -73°50.625' (AWOIS 1988)
Depth:
85 ft, starts at 55 ft


Shipwreck Pliny
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, England
Built:
1878, England
Specs:
( 288 x 33 ft ) 1671 gross tons, 55 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Saturday May 13, 1882
ran aground - no casualties
Depth:
25 ft

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Sam Berman reef
Type:
artificial reef, tanker
Built:
1947, Brooklyn NY USA as Philip Lemler
Specs:
( 160 x 30 ft ) 478 tons
Sponsor:
Crystal Oil Corporation, Marine Trades Assn. of NJ, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:
Thursday September 10, 1987 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°06.440' -73°41.180'
Depth:
125 ft

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