- Type:
- shipwreck, freighter, Britain
- Built:
- 1921, England
- Specs:
- ( 270 x 39 ft ) 2755 gross tons, 34 crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday February 19, 1942
torpedoed by U-432 - no survivors - Depth:
- 165 ft
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World War II (3/5)
- Type:
- shipwreck, tanker (T3), USA
- Built:
- 1943, Norfolk VA, USA
- Specs:
- ( 516 x 70 ft ) 11017 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Sunday April 16, 1944
torpedoed by U-550, then shelled and sunk by USS Sagamore - 60 survivors - Depth:
- 240 ft ?
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- Type:
- shipwreck, tanker, Panama
- Name:
- In Greek mythology, Persephone, the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Demeter, was abducted by Hades, the god of the underworld. Eventually, an agreement was reached wherein Persephone would spend part of the year with Hades in the underworld, and the rest with her parents in Olympus, resulting in the seasons: when she is away, her grieving mother, the earth goddess, ignores her duties and the earth becomes barren - winter.
- Built:
- 1926, Germany
- Specs:
- ( 468 x 63 ft ) 8426 gross tons, 37 crew
- Sunk:
- Monday May 25, 1942
torpedoed by U-593 - 9 casualties - Depth:
- 55 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, freighter, Argentina
- Built:
- 1912, England, as Fortunstella
- Specs:
- ( 405 x 54 ft ) 4864 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Monday June 22, 1942
torpedoed by U-202 - 5 casualties - Depth:
- 400 ft ?
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Specs:
- ( 135 x 32 ft )
- Built:
- 1945, American Bridge, Ambridge PA, as YF-879
- Sponsor:
- Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association, Atlantic Cape Fisheries, Artificial Reef Association
- Sunk:
- Friday August 21, 1992 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°53.118' -74°40.190'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
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By Ronald M. Clayton
Illustrations by author
Maintaining an aquarium filled with local fish and other aquatics can be an enjoyable, learning experience, and give you a good excuse to get out and stomp around in your local pond or stream. It's fun collecting new animals and plants to add to the aquarium, to replace ones that have died, or as food for your locally acquired fish, and learning about your wildlife is a fascinating part of the experience. In the shimmering shallows and mysterious depths of almost any nearby body of water thrives a whole world of living things, some very ugly and some very beautiful - the variety will amaze you. If you are interested in providing inexpensive recreation and education for yourself and perhaps your family, read on.
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