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Sandy Hook Dive Sites (7/12)

Sandy Hook / Rockaway Inlet

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New Jersey Aquarium

Volunteer divers at the aquarium assist with food preparation, cleaning and maintaining work area and exhibits, perform dive demonstrations, and assist aquarists when necessary. Volunteer must be a certified diver age 18 years and older with at least 25 logged dives; 5 in the last 2 years and 2 in the last 12 months. Volunteer must be able to commit to 2 eight-hour work shifts per month ( same day every other week. ) Volunteer applications are available at the information desk.

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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

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Pipe Barge

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Depth:: 60 ft

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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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Plymouth

Type:: shipwreck, schooner barge
Built:: 1916, Elkton MD USA
Specs:: ( 199 x 24 ft ) 474 tons
Sunk:: Monday March 31, 1924
foundered in storm, 5 casualties ( see Pocono )
Depth:: 65 ft

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Pocopson

Type:: shipwreck, schooner barge, USA
Built:: 1906, Noank CT, USA
Specs:: ( 177 x 35 ft ) 721 tons, 3 crew
Sunk:: Wednesday October 7, 1936
foundered in storm, no casualties
GPS:: 40°12.204' -73°59.257' (AWOIS 1990)
Depth:: 50 ft

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Princess Anne

Type:: shipwreck, liner, USA
Built:: 1897, Chester PA USA
Specs:: ( 350 x 42 ft ) 3629 gross tons
Sunk:: February 6, 1920; ran aground in storm - no casualties
Depth:: 20 ft

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R.C. Mohawk

Type:: shipwreck, revenue cutter, U.S. Revenue Service, on loan to U.S. Navy
Name:: A tribe of Iroquoian Indians of the eastern New York area.
Built:: 1902, Richmond VA USA
Specs:: ( 206 x 32 ft ) 980 gross tons, 77 crew
Sunk:: Monday October 1, 1917
collision with tanker Vennachar - no casualties
GPS:: 40°25.025' -73°45.158' (AWOIS 2010)
Depth:: 100 ft

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Ramos

Type:: shipwreck, schooner barge
Specs:: 1208 tons
Sunk:: Friday June 30, 1933
GPS:: 40°25.505' -73°54.071' (AWOIS 1990)
Depth:: 80 ft

Nearby are the remains of several other barges.

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Raritan Bay

This bay is muddy and turbid, although some folks dive the several small wrecks around the inside of Sandy Hook. Bottle hunting around the old piers and pilings in Keyport harbor is also a possibility, but most of the structures along the bay shore are too small and shallow to be of interest. I have scouted the shoreline from Atlantic Highlands to Laurence Harbor, and nothing looks too promising. See also entries on Navesink River and Horseshoe Cove.

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Sandy Hook Dive Sites

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Rail Cars

There is a great deal of controversy over the use of subway cars as artificial reefs. There shouldn't be. Subway cars are fish condos. They are the perfect size and shape to provide homes for all sorts of fishes, as well as large attachment areas for other organisms. The fact that they come complete with large door and window openings is even better. Most reef materials, such as ships and barges, improve with age because they open up, allowing easier access to the interior. Indeed, some of the most barren reefs I have seen are those that are completely intact, since they offer little shelter.

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