World War II (4/4)
- Type:
- shipwreck, submarine, U.S. Navy
- Built:
- 1924, Portsmouth Navy Yard, NH USA
- Specs:
- ( 341 x 28 ft ) 2000 displacement tons, no crew
- Sunk:
- Monday March 12, 1945
deliberate - weapons test - Depth:
- 155 ft - sand ; 140 ft - deck ; 120 ft - conning tower
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- Type:
- shipwreck, private yacht, converted to U.S. Navy patrol boat
- Name:
- Catamount is another name for a mountain lion, felis concolor.
- Built:
- 1929, Stamford CT USA
- Specs:
- ( 85 x 15 ft ) 67 gross tons, 11 crew
- Sunk:
- Saturday March 27, 1943
engine explosion - 6 casualties - Depth:
- 125 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, destroyer, Wickes / Tattnall class, U.S. Navy
- Built:
- 1919, Camden NJ USA
- Specs:
- ( 314 x 31 ft ) 1211 gross tons, 145 crew
- Sunk:
- Saturday February 28, 1942
torpedoed by U-578 - 134 casualties - Depth:
- 120 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, patrol boat, U.S. Navy (converted yacht)
- Built:
- 1929, Germany, as Lone Star
- Specs:
- ( 171 x 26 ft ) 469 gross tons, 47 crew
- Sunk:
- Friday October 15, 1943
collision with destroyer USS Greer ( 1090 tons) - no casualties - Depth:
- 130 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, destroyer, Benson class, U.S. Navy ( similar to USS Turner )
- Built:
- 1941, Staten Island NY USA
- Specs:
- ( 348 x 36 ft ) 1620 displacement tons, 266 crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday October 21, 1943
collision with tanker Bulkoil (8071 tons) - 38 casualties - Depth:
- 260 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, destroyer, Bristol class, U.S. Navy
- Built:
- 1942, Kearny NJ USA
- Specs:
- ( 350 x 36 ft ) 1700 displacement tons, 301 crew
- Sunk:
- Monday January 3, 1944
munitions explosion while at anchor - 138 casualties - Depth:
- 55 ft
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- 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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- Type:
- shipwreck, patrol boat, U.S. Navy, converted trawler
- Built:
- 1941, Quincy MA, USA, as Salem
- Specs:
- ( 102 x 22 ft ) 301 tons, 21 crew
- Sunk:
- Wednesday May 20, 1942
collision with collier Jason - 6 casualties - Depth:
- 40 ft
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In a coastal area like New Jersey, the dominant winds are created by differential warming of the land and sea by the sun. Air warms over the hotter land and rises, and cool air from over the sea sweeps in underneath to replace it. These on-shore winds build over the course of the day, and so the waves they induce also build over the course of the day, then die down overnight.
I have found that the best diving conditions in New Jersey are either early morning or night. This is when the daily cycle of wave heights is at its lowest. Fortunately, the time restrictions on the inlets and beaches usually coincide with this.
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