New Jersey Scuba Diving

Type:

schooner barge & tugboat ?

Depth:

85 ft

This is a fascinating big wreck of a wooden schooner barge. The broken stern is upended, forming a hollow pyramid that is full of fish. The sides and keel extend north from there to the bow, from which extends a chain which reaches to another much smaller wreck, which is known as the "Inshore Tug."

Whether this actually is the tug that was towing the barge, or just a coincidental sinking, is unknown. Using a chain for a tow line would be highly unusual. Perhaps the barge was anchored to ride out a storm, and the tug sank on top of its hook. It may not even be a tugboat - it might be named that simply because it is inshore of the Great Isaac.

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Great Isaac

Type:

shipwreck, tugboat, U.S. War Shipping Administration (Navy)

Name:

All the ships of this class were named for lighthouses in the U.S., except for the Great Isaac, which is in the Bahamas.

Built:

1944, Boston MA USA

Specs:

( 185 x 37 ft ) 1117 gross tons, 27 crew

Sunk:

Wednesday April 16, 1947
collision with Norwegian freighter Bandeirante - no casualties

Depth:

90 ft

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Offshore Tugboat

Type:

tugboat (?)

Depth:

100 ft

This is a scattered wreck not far from the Great Isaac, clearly a small steel-hulled ship of some kind. There is a boiler and what looks like the remains of a section of hull sticking out of the sand a foot or two.

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