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Texel

Shipwreck Texel

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, USA
Name:: Texel is the easternmost of the Frisian islands off the coast of Holland, which are similar to our own barrier islands.
Built:: 1913, Denmark
Specs:: ( 331 x 48 ft ) 3220 gross tons, 36 crew
Sunk:: Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties
Depth:: 230 ft

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Corvallis

The Half Way Girl — No print of the movie exists

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, USA
Built:: 1919, Peninsula Shipbuilding, Portland OR USA
Specs:: ( 267 x 49 ft ) 2992 gross tons, no crew
Sunk:: Tuesday June 16, 1925
deliberate - for film "The Half Way Girl"
Depth:: 140 ft

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West Wreck

Type:: shipwreck
Depth:: 210 ft

unidentified wooden wreck

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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, Bethlehem Staten Island, 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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Norness

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

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City of Athens

Shipwreck City of Athens

Type:: shipwreck, liner, USA
Built:: 1911, New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA, as Somerset
Specs:: ( 309 x 46 ft ) 3648 gross tons, 135 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Wednesday May 1, 1918
collision with French Navy cruiser La Gloire - 67 casualties
Depth:: 110 ft

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Charts, Dive Sites Charts,

Dive Sites Contents

Dive Sites - pick your starting point

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New Jersey Dive Sites

Dive Sites - New Jersey

Dutch Springs
Willow Springs

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New York Dive Sites

Dive Sites - New York

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Andrea Doria

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 )

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Swimming Crabs

These crabs have the last pair of legs modified into paddles, with which they are remarkably fast and agile sideways swimmers. Apart from this, they retain the walking and burrowing abilities of other crabs. Swimming crabs are bad-tempered creatures that aggressively defend themselves. Large ones can pinch very painfully, so handle with care!

Blue Crab ( Blue-claw )

Blue Crab

Callinectes sapidus

Profile by Bill Figley
and Ray Townsend

Size:
to 9" across

Range:
Cape Cod to Texas

Habitat:
Bays and estuaries, sometimes found in freshwater, spend their winters in the mud.

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