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Cape May Dive Sites

NOAA chart 12323
Chart 12323
NOAA chart 12318
Chart 12318
NOAA chart 12214
Chart 12214

Type:
shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
Built:
1949, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ, USA
Specs:
( 120 ft )
Sunk:
August 1990
Depth:
65 ft

intact, upright, steel hull


Shipwreck Atlantus
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, USA
Built:
1918, Brunswick GA USA
Specs:
( 260 x 43 ft ) 2000 gross tons, no crew
Sunk:
Tuesday June 8, 1926
dragged anchor and grounded in storm while awaiting final disposition
Depth:
25 ft

Shipwreck Montgomery
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:
1858, New York NY USA
Specs:
( 198 x 29 ft ) 1100 gross tons
Sunk:
Sunday January 7, 1877
collision with schooner Seminole - 13 casualties
Depth:
150 ft


Shipwreck John Marvin
Type:
shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
Built:
1951, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ, USA, as Maidstone
Specs:
( 120 ft ) 227 gross tons, 5 crew
Sunk:
Thursday January 16, 1992; winter storm - no casualties
Depth:
70 ft

Type:
shipwreck, dredge
Sunk:
Saturday January 8, 1927

The Clermont was at one time the world's largest dredge. She was sunk in a storm while under tow on January 8, 1927. Today she sits upright on a sandy bottom, partially intact, rising 15' off the bottom. Some of the dredge pipes are visible in the sand off the starboard side of the wreck. Divers have recovered several interesting objects from the wreck such as deck prisms and bricks from the boiler stamped "Weideimer".


Aids to Navigation

sea lanes

The US Coast Guard maintains a number of aids to navigation to assist vessels entering and leaving ports, both great ports like New York and Philadelphia, and minor ports like Shark River and Montauk. At sea, these aids take the form of buoys that mark out channels and shipping lanes.

Shipping lanes are like divided highways at sea. Inbound and outbound lanes are separated by a wide "Separation Zone, " which may or may not be depicted on the charts in this website, depending on the scale. Ships "drive on the right" just like cars in civilized countries. At the inbound end where all the lanes converge into the harbor channel, things get messy, and I didn't try to depict it. Likewise, the outer ends of the lanes are not exact either.

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