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Pan Pennsylvania

Shipwreck Pan Pennsylvania
Type:
shipwreck, tanker (T3), USA
Built:
1943, Welding Shipyards, Norfolk VA, USA
Specs:
( 516 x 70 ft ) 11017 gross tons
Sunk:
Sunday April 16, 1944
torpedoed by U-550, then shelled and sunk by USS Sagamore - 60 survivors
Depth:
240 ft ?
Pan Pennsylvania burns in the background as the stricken U-550 surfaces
Pan Pennsylvania burns in the background as the stricken U-550 surfaces.
The Pan Pennsylvania was only six months old.

U-550 and Pan Pennsylvania

USS Sagamore
USS Sagamore

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Chesapeake

Chesapeake was the largest oyster dredge boat built on the Chesapeake Bay.
Type:
shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
Built:
1936, Johnson Marine Railway, Crittenden VA USA
Specs:
( 93 x 25 ft ) 113 gross tons
Sunk:
early 1980s, burned, no casualties
Depth:

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