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Deep Sea Dive Sites

NOAA chart 12300
Chart 12300

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

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


Sub Chaser
Type:
shipwreck, submarine chaser, US Navy
Built:
1918, Camden NJ
Specs:
( 110 x 14 ft ) 85 tons, 26 crew
Sunk:
Tuesday August 27, 1918
friendly fire from freighter SS Felix Taussig - 18 casualties
Depth:
unknown

Andrea Doria
Andrea Doria - New York Times
Type:
shipwreck, liner, Italy
Name:
A 16th century Genoese Admiral. This name had been previously carried by a number of Italian warships ( see page bottom )
Built:
1951, Italy
Specs:
( 700 x 90 ft ) 29083 displacement tons, 1706 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Thursday July 26, 1956
collision with freighter Stockholm ( 12000 tons) - 46 casualties
GPS:
40°29.405' -69°52.028' (AWOIS)
Depth:
240 ft ( 190 ft minimum )

Type:
shipwreck
Depth:
80 ft

a small steel wreck, greatly decomposed

Possibly the remains of the Oklahoma.


Rock Crab

Lumped together here are what might be considered to be "normal" aquatic crabs. There are many other similar types. The claws of many crabs are good eating - break one off and let the crab go, it will grow a new one. Never take both - you'll kill it.

Rock Crab

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