Tankers (2/4)

tanker ship drawing
Typical 1930s oil tanker

A tanker is a cargo ship designed to carry liquid cargoes, usually but not always fuel oils.

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Shipwreck India Arrow
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, USA
Built:
1921, Quincy MA USA
Specs:
( 468 x 62 ft ) 8327 gross tons, 38 crew
Sunk:
Wednesday February 4, 1942
torpedoed by U-103 - 12 survivors
Depth:
190 ft



Shipwreck Lake Frampton
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, USA
Built:
1918, Lorain OH USA
Specs:
( 251 x 43 ft ) 2622 gross tons, 38 crew
Sunk:
Monday July 12, 1920
collision with SS Comus - 2 casualties

Shipwreck Lightburne
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, USA (Texaco)
Built:
1919, Bath ME USA
Specs:
( 432 x 56 ft ) 6429 tons, 37 crew + dog
Sunk:
Friday February 10, 1939
ran aground on Block Island - no casualties
Depth:
30 ft

Type:
artificial reef, tanker, US Navy YW-83 class
Built:
1945, Surgeon Bay, WI, USA, as YW-127
Specs:
( 165 x 33 ft )
Sponsor:
GPPCBA, Budweiser
Sunk:
Thursday July 16, 1998 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°06.419' -73°41.460'
Depth:
125 ft

Morania Abaco reef
Type:
artificial reef, tanker, USA
Built:
1958, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA
Specs:
( 264 x 48 ft )
Sponsor:
Morania Oil Company, Army Reserve, Navy EOD
Sunk:
Monday November 18, 1985 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:
39°14.133' -74°12.154'
Depth:
110 ft

Shipwreck Norness
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, Panama
Built:
1939, Germany
Specs:
( 493 x 65 ft ) 9577 tons
Sunk:
Wednesday January 14, 1942
torpedoed and shelled by U-123 - the first loss of World War II in U.S. waters
Depth:
280 ft, min 210 ft

Shipwreck Oklahoma
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, USA
Built:
1908, Camden NJ USA
Specs:
( 419 x 55 ft ) 5853 gross tons, 38 crew
Sunk:
Sunday January 4, 1914
broke in half in storm - 25 casualties

Tankers

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Ocean Wreck Divers I reef
Type:
artificial reef, MLB-44 patrol boats ( 2 ), US Coast Guard
Built:
1960s, MD USA
Specs:
( 44 x 12 ft ) 20 tons
Sponsor:
Ocean Wreck Divers
VHFC - Village Harbor Fishing Club, GDF
Depth:
OWD - 60 ft
VHFC - 80 ft
Sunk:
OWD - Tuesday July 11, 1995
VHFC - Tuesday May 16, 1995 - Garden State South Artificial Reef
GPS - OWD:
39°33.426' -74°05.973'
GPS - VHFC:
39°33.496' -74°05.991'

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