Warships
Warships
A number of warships are sunk in New Jersey and New York waters:
- Type:
- artificial reef, Spruance-class destroyer, US Navy
- Built:
- 1975, Pascagoula MS USA
- Specs:
- ( 563 x 55 ft ) 8,040 tons
- Sunk:
- Wednesday, Aug 10, 2011 - DelJerseyLand Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°30.850' -74°30.656' originally, now ???
- Depth:
- 130 ft
More: USS Arthur W Radford DD-968 ...
- Type:
- submarine chaser, later trawler, scallop boat, USA
- Built:
- 1943, Elizabeth City NC USA
- Specs:
- ( 112 x 18 ft ) 99 gross tons
- Sunk:
- ???
- Depth:
- 90 ft
More: Ida K SC-1282 ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, tugboat, US Navy
- Name:
- An Indian tribe of Pennsylvania and New York, later relocated to Oklahoma.
- Built:
- 1891, Camden NJ USA, as Edgar F. Luckenbach
- Specs:
- ( 120 x 25 ft ) 272 gross tons, 20 crew
- Sunk:
- Tuesday July 26, 1918
foundered in storm - 10 survivors - Depth:
- 90 ft
More: USS Cherokee ID-458 ...
- 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
More: USS Turner DD-648 ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, frigate, British Royal Navy
- Name:
- The Battle of Culloden, where in 1745 the English army massacred the last of the Scottish resistance ( and much of the civilian population ), completing the English conquest of Scotland.
- Built:
- 1776, England
- Specs:
- ( 170 x 47 ft ) 1658 gross tons, 650 crew
- Sunk:
- Monday January 24, 1781
ran aground in storm - no casualties - Depth:
- 20 ft
More: HMS Culloden ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, LCM-6 (Landing Craft-Mechanized, see "Captain Henry")
- Specs:
- ( 56 x 14 ft ) 64 tons
- Sponsor:
- Army Transportation Corps
- Sunk:
- Saturday November 14, 1987 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°50.830' -74°42.510'
More: Peggy Diana LCM-6 ...
