New Jersey Scuba Diving

Warships

Warships

A number of warships are sunk in New Jersey and New York waters:

ZPG-3W Reliance

airshipwreck ZPG-3W

Type:: shipwreck, blimp, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1958, Akron OH USA
Specs:: ( 403 x 85 ft ) 40 tons, 21 crew
Sunk:: Wednesday July 6, 1960
unknown cause - 18 casualties
Depth:: 60 ft

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Ida K SC-1282

subchaser fishing — A subchaser converted to fishing - Ida K might have been similar

Type:: submarine chaser, later trawler, scallop boat, USA
Built:: 1943, Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City NC USA
Specs:: ( 112 x 18 ft ) 99 gross tons
Sunk:: ???
Depth:: 90 ft

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Texas Tower TT-4

Texas Tower #4

Type:: collapsed radar platform, USAF
Built:: 1955, Portland ME USA
Specs:: ( 67 ft above water) 6000 tons, 14 crew (minimum)
Sunk:: Sunday January 15, 1961
storm/structural failure/design deficiency - no survivors
GPS:: 39°47'56.43" -72°40'08.00" (US Navy 2004)
Depth:: 180 ft, starts at 110 ft

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USS Cherokee ID-458

Shipwreck Cherokee

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, US Navy
Name:: An Indian tribe of Pennsylvania and New York, later relocated to Oklahoma.
Built:: 1891, John H. Dialogue & Son, 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

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Captain Henry LCM-6

Captain Henry reef — "Captain Henry" - the bow ramp appears to have been welded up

Type:: artificial reef, LCM-6 (Landing Craft-Mechanized) used as buoy tender
Built:: 1943 New Orleans LA USA
Specs:: ( 56 x 14 ft ) 64 tons
Sponsor:: Bureau of Coastal Engineering, Fish America &
Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:: Sunday May 6, 1990 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°51.200' -74°42.280'

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USS San Diego ACR-6

Shipwreck USS San Diego — USS San Diego photographed 28 January 1915, while serving as flagship of the Pacific Fleet. Her name had been changed from California on 1 September 1914. Note two-star Rear Admiral's flag flying from her mainmast top.

Type:: shipwreck, armored cruiser, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1904, Bethlehem San Francisco, San Francisco USA, as U.S.S. California
Specs:: ( 503 x 70 ft ) 13680 displacement tons
Sunk:: Friday July 19, 1918
explosion, probably struck a mine laid by U-156
officially 6 casualties, probably 30-40 in reality
GPS:: 40°32.433' -73°02.484' (AWOIS 2008)
Depth:: 110 ft, starts at 65 ft

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Submarines

Submarines

Shipwreck USS Bass — There is something unique about diving a submarine - USS Bass

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Octopus

Common Atlantic Octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Size: see below

Habitat: rocks and coral reefs, all depths

Notes:

The Common Octopus is the most studied of all octopus species. Its natural range extends from the Mediterranean Sea and the southern coast of England to at least Senegal in Africa, as well as the Azores, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde Islands. In the western Atlantic, it ranges from Texas and Florida to New England, although uncommon in colder northern waters. Typical habitat is rocks and coral reefs. Young are planktonic, and total lifespan is only 12-18 months.

O. vulgaris grows to 25 cm in mantle length with arms up to 1 m long. They can weigh up to 20 pounds, although they are usually much smaller. O. vulgaris is caught by bottom trawls on a huge scale off the northwestern coast of Africa. More than 20,000 tons are harvested annually.

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