Ships (3/49)
A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying goods or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity, and tradition.
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1975, Master Marine, Bayou La Bâtre AL USA
- Specs:
- ( 80 ft ) 147 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Friday July 12, 2002 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°43.512' -72°46.598'
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- Type:
- shipwreck, barge / schooner barge
- Specs:
- 1313 tons
- Sunk:
- Thursday January 26, 1933
four casualties - Depth:
- 75 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, liner, Italy
- Name:
- A 16th century Genoese Admiral. This name had been previously carried by a number of Italian warships ( see page bottom )
- Built:
- 1951, Italy
- Specs:
- ( 700 x 90 ft ) 29083 displacement tons, 1706 passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday July 26, 1956
collision with freighter Stockholm ( 12000 tons) - 46 casualties - GPS:
- 40°29.405' -69°52.028' (AWOIS)
- Depth:
- 240 ft ( 190 ft minimum )
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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
- Built:
- 1876
- Specs:
- ( 180 ft ) 986 tons, 10 crew
- Sunk:
- Friday March 27, 1914
ran aground - no casualties - Depth:
- 20 ft
Probably sanded-in by beach restoration work
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- Type:
- shipwreck, barge, barracks craft - personnel housing
- Built:
- 1944, Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding, Everett, WA. USA
- Specs:
- ( 261 x 49 ft ) 2,580 tons
- Sponsor:
- The Meyer Family
- Sunk:
- Monday July 23, 2001 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°06.600' -73°41.500'
- Depth:
- 125 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge, water
- Built:
- 1913, ? Camden NJ USA
- Specs:
- ( 110 x 30 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Eklof Marine Co., Marine Trades Assn. of NJ, Fisherman Magazine
- Sunk:
- Saturday November 7, 1987 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°37.474' -74°01.217'
- Depth:
- 80 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, schooner barge
- Specs:
- ( 200 ft est.)
- Sunk:
- late 1800s ?
- Depth:
- 80 ft
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Note the locomotives on deck, foreward of the aft mast.
- Type:
- shipwreck, freighter, Netherlands
- Built:
- 1930, New Castle England, as Petersfield
- Specs:
- ( 412 x 55 ft ) 5163 gross tons, 43 crew
- Sunk:
- Tuesday April 28, 1942
torpedoed by U-136 - 6 casualties - Depth:
- 140 ft max; 110 ft min; 125 ft typical
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- Type:
- shipwreck, schooner barge
- Specs:
- ( 330 x 40 ft )
- Sunk:
- March 12, 1932
- Depth:
- 95 ft
Capt. Mick Trzaska of the dive boat CRT II also calls this the "Bomb Wreck", since it once produced a live aircraft-type explosive. A diver had sent it up with a lift bag thinking it was a champagne bottle! How it got there is anyone's guess.
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