New Jersey Scuba Diving

Type:

shipwreck, freighter, Brazil

Built:

1919, American International Shipbuilding, Hog Island PA USA, as Scanmail

Specs:

( 390 x 54 ft ) 5152 gross tons, 83 passengers & crew

Sunk:

Sunday March 8, 1942
torpedoed by U-94 - 53 casualties

Depth:

125-140 ft

The exact location of the Cayru is unknown; the location plotted is one of several wrecks thought to be it. If found, the wreck may be identified by its steam turbine engines, which are distinctly different from piston steam engines.

• Screening Level Risk Assessment Package Cayru - NOAA

At 02:25 hours on 9 Mar 1942, the unescorted Cayru (Master Torger Olsen) was torpedoed by U-94, broke in two, and sank 130 miles from New York. All hands onboard abandoned ship, but only the lifeboat with the master and 26 other men was found. The other lifeboats with 47 crew members and six passengers disappeared.