
- Type:
- shipwreck, schooner barge ( originally a bark )
- Built:
- 1876 as Parknook
- Specs:
- ( 199 x 32 ft ) 793 tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday September 12, 1931
foundered - GPS:
- 40°25.374' -73°52.828' (AWOIS 2013)
- Depth:
- 60 ft
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