New Jersey Scuba Diving

Sea Hag

Type:: shipwreck, sailing ship
Depth:: 85 ft

A large wooden sailing ship, more intact than most. The hull is almost complete, 8-10 feet high, with a Navy-style stockless anchor in one side of the bow, and bowsprit lying in the sand below. The bowsprit indicates that this was a true sailing ship and not a schooner barge. I saw no sign of towing bits, bow, or stern. The stern is broken down.

Shipwreck Sea Hag — The anchor

Shipwreck Sea Hag

Shipwreck Sea Hag — The "billetted" bow - reinforced for a bowsprit

Shipwreck Sea Hag

Shipwreck Sea Hag — Machinery near the bow

Shipwreck Sea Hag — Donkey boiler near the bow

Shipwreck Sea Hag — The broken stern, from inside ...

Shipwreck Sea Hag — ... and outside

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crane barge

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Sunk:: March 2004
foundered under tow
Depth:: 60 ft

This medium-sized crane barge sank under tow in March 2004. The barge is upside-down, but propped up at a 30-degree angle by the crane, rising 30 feet off the bottom at the highest point. The crane is a large rotating affair that is permanently mounted on the barge. It is not the crumpled arm of the crane that supports the hull, but the central cab, so the wreck is stable, and it is safe to explore the cavernous dark space below. The bottom is coarse sand and pea gravel. Eventually, the wreck will crush flat, but that will probably take several years, and until then this is a fun and interesting site. Big eels, Sea Bass, and even one or two lobsters can be found here.

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