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U-550

Type IX U-boat

Type:: shipwreck, Type IXc/40 U-boat, Kriegsmarine, Germany
Built:: 1942, Germany
Specs:: ( 252 x 22 ft ) 1051 displacement tons, 48-56 crew
Sunk:: Saturday April 16, 1944
by depth charges and gunfire from destroyer escorts USS Gandy, USS Joyce and USS Peterson after torpedoing tanker Pan Pennsylvania - 44 casualties.
Depth:: 300 ft

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U-853

Shipwreck U-853

Type:: shipwreck, Type IXc/40 U-boat, Kriegsmarine, Germany
Built:: 1943, Germany
Specs:: ( 252 x 22 ft ) 1051 displacement tons, 48-56 crew
Sunk:: Saturday May 6, 1945
sunk by destroyer escort USS Atherton - no survivors
Depth:: 110-130 ft

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U-869

Shipwreck U-869

Type:: shipwreck, Type IXc/40 U-boat, Kriegsmarine, Germany
Specs:: ( 252 x 22 ft ) 1051 displacement tons, 48-56 crew
Built:: 1944, Germany
Sunk:: February 11, 1945
sunk by destroyer escort USS Howard D. Crow - no survivors
Depth:: 240 ft

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USS Bass V-2 / SS-64

Shipwreck USS Bass — This photo is signed by Admiral Chester W Nimitz.

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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USS Catamount CG-85006

Shipwreck Catamount

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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USS Jacob Jones DD-130

Shipwreck USS Jacob Jones — In the Panama Canal locks, 1920.

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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USS Moonstone PYc-9

Shipwreck USS Moonstone — Lone Star

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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USS Murphy DD-603

Shipwreck USS Murphy

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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USS Turner DD-648

Shipwreck USS Turner

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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Varanger

Shipwreck 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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