Ships (47/50) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Ships (47/50)

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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Varanger

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, Norway
Name:: A peninsula in north-east Norway ( a cold place )
also, an old Scandinavian term for "Viking"
Built:: 1925, Netherlands
Specs:: ( 470 x 60 ft ) 9305 gross tons, 40 crew
Sunk:: Sunday January 25, 1942
torpedoed by U-130 - no casualties
Depth:: 140 ft

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Vega

Type:: shipwreck, ferry, USA
Built:: 1925, Staten Island NY USA
Specs:: ( 75 x 40 ft ) 84 tons
Sunk:: Wednesday January 11, 1961
capsized under tow in storm, no casualties
GPS:: 40°11.646' -73°56.787' (AWOIS 1990)
Depth:: 55 ft

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Vicki-Pat

Type:: artificial reef, clam dredge, USA
Specs:: ( 67 x 22 ft )
Sponsor:: Vicki-Pat Inc.
Sunk:: Monday Oct 30, 1989 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°15.255' -74°14.818'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Vickie

Type:: artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:: 1972, Master Marine, Bayou La Batre, AL USA
Specs:: ( 68 ft ) 91 GT
Sunk:: Friday June 18, 2004 - Moriches Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°43.382' -72°46.562'

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Vincent Tibbetts AOG-33

Type:: artificial reef, T1-M-A2 tanker, gasoline
Built:: 1944, East Coast Shipyards, Bayonne NJ USA as USS Ochlockonee AOG-33
Specs:: ( 244 x 37 ft ) tonnage unknown after lengthening
Sponsor:: Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association, PSE&G Habitat Restoration Fund, friends of Walt Hendee, Ann E Clark Foundation
Sunk:: Thursday Sept 5, 2002 - Deepwater Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°58.385' -74°11.429'
Depth:: 135 ft

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Vivian

Type:: shipwreck, schooner
Built:: 1891, New London, Connecticut, USA
Specs:: ( 188 x 39 ft ) 922 gross tons, 10 crew
Sunk:: Saturday December 27, 1907
collision with schooner Elizabeth Palmer, 1 casualty
Depth:: 80 ft

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Vizcaya

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, Spain
Name:: Vizcaya is a Basque province in northern Spain. The Basques are a fiercely independent seafaring people of unknown origin.
Built:: 1872, England, as Santander
Specs:: ( 287 x 38 ft ) 2458 gross tons, 103 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Saturday October 30, 1890
collision with schooner Cornelius Hargraves - 60 casualties
Depth:: 80 ft

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Volund

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, Norway
Built:: 1889, Norway
Specs:: ( 239 ft )
Sunk:: Sept 26, 1908; collision with liner Commonwealth
Depth:: 105 ft

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Wagner's Point

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1941, T.S. Marvel Shipbuilding, Newburgh NY as Carrie T. Meseck
Specs:: ( 97 x 27 ft )
Sponsor:: Carbon Service Corp, GDF, Vincent Pessolano family
Sunk:: Thursday September 29, 1994 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.697' -74°01.113'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Waldorf

Type:: artificial reef, barge, crane
Specs:: ( 110 ft )
Sponsor:: Caldwell's Diving Company
Sunk:: Friday December 3 1999 - Little Egg Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°28.780' -74°11.084'

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July 15, 2022

ShipBuildingHistory.com

July 15, 2022

ShipBuildingHistory.com is a resource that I have often used to look up many of the reefs and a few of the wrecks in this website. I recently sent in an update, and received a notice that the author had passed away. The next thing that usually happens in these cases is that the website disappears when the hosting goes unpaid, so I immediately grabbed a copy for myself.

That's when I found that the original site was almost a gigabyte in size, and 95% of that was formatting. So I cleaned it up, and cleaned it up, and cleaned it up, and added some navigation structures and other niceties that you would expect. Then I posted my copy as a sub-site here:

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