- Type:
- shipwreck, scallop dredge, USA
- Specs:
- 64 ft, 48 tons
4 crew - Sunk:
- Thursday June 29, 2006
collision in fog - 2 casualties - Depth:
- 75 ft
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Scallop Dredges
There are three basic types of commercial fishing vessels found in the Mid-Atlantic region: trawlers, seiners/gill-netters, and long-liners. A trawler or "dragger" operates by towing its fishing gear across the bottom. Weighted nets take bottom fishes, while cage-like steel dredges take clams and scallops. A seiner uses a floating net to encircle schools of surface-swimming fishes such as herring and tuna. A long-liner sets out miles of buoyed line with baited hooks to catch sharks, tuna, and swordfish. One could also add lobster boats and charter fishing or "head" boats to this list. And of course, dive boats.
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- Type:
- shipwreck, scallop dredge, USA
- Built:
- 1980, St. Augustine FL
as Eleanor Eileen X - Specs:
- ( 68 ft ) 121 gross tons, 6 crew
- Sunk:
- Sunday, December 14, 1980
foundered, 2 survivors - Depth:
- 170 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, scallop dredge, USA
- Built:
- 1979, St Augustine FL USA, as Corinne W
- Specs:
- ( 72 x 26 ft ) 119 gross tons, 3 crew
- Sunk:
- Monday Aug 15, 2016
broken propeller shaft - no casualties - Depth:
- 135 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, scallop dredge, USA
- Built:
- 1969, Pascagoula MS USA
- Specs:
- ( 71 x 21 ft ) 125 gross tons, 7 crew
- Sunk:
- Tuesday March 24, 2009
foundered in storm - 1 survivor - GPS:
- 40°25.641' -73°51.135' (USCG 2004)
- Depth:
- 210 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, scallop dredge, USA
- Built:
- 1973, Pascagoula MS USA, as Dorinda
- Specs:
- ( 71 x 21 ft ) 104 gross tons, 4 crew
- Sunk:
- Sunday October 31, 1976
foundered in rough seas - no casualties - Depth:
- 90 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, scallop dredge
- Built:
- 1977, Halter Marine, Lockport LA USA, as Southern Prince
- Specs:
- ( 156 x 39 ft ) 269 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Wednesday, June 29, 2022 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°40.494' -74°43.868'
- Depth:
- 85 ft
The Texas Star was built in 1977 on a multi-purpose supply ship hull, probably to service offshore oil platforms. The vessel was refitted as a floating casino in 1986, originally named Millionaire’s Casino, out of Savannah Georgia, but later moved to Texas and renamed Texas Star Casino. "The 12,000 square-foot vessel featured games such as craps, blackjack, roulette, poker and slot machines, with a bingo parlor situated on the nearby dock."
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2016 Update
Computers and electronics change so fast it is hard to keep up with it. The general recommendations below should hold up pretty well even as the technology races forward.
The dive computer should be considered standard equipment. Diving with a computer will give you more bottom time and more safety margin than crude estimating with dive tables. If you are buying your first set of gear, get a computer rather than analog gauges, and you will not regret it. There is a great deal of variation in the design and operation of dive computers. Among the choices you can make are:
- air-integrated or not
- conservative vs. liberal algorithms
- violation lock-out mode
- Nitrox-ready or not
- wrist, console or hose mounted
- dive logging & PC interface
- backlighting for night diving
- auto-on vs. manual-on
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