Marion

Type:
shipwreck, iron-hulled schooner barge ( formerly a Scottish/Italian bark )
Built:
1868, Dundee, Scotland
Specs:
693 tons
Sunk:
Saturday October 29, 1938
Depth:
60 ft

from AWOIS:

CL664/38 -- CGS; 10/29/38; BARGE, IN TOW OF A TUG, BOUND FROM PHILADELPHIA TO NEW YORK LOADED WITH 1200 TONS OF COAL, SANK IN 10 FMS OF WATER, 3 1/2 MILES, 104 DEGREES TRUE FROM SEA GIRT LIGHTHOUSE WITH THE MAST SHOWING 4 FT ABOVE THE WATER.

CL632/50--CGS; 9/1/50; WIRE DRAG FOR 1 MILE AT EFFECTIVE DEPTH OF 50.5 - 57.5 FT; WK NOT FOUND BUT WIRE PICKED UP A PIECE OF WOODEN DECKING AND CORNER TIMBERS; AREA LATER CLEARED TO 57 FT; WK DELETED FROM CHART. (ENTERED MSM 11/85)


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Butterfish

Peprilus tricanthus

Size
to 12"

Habitat
Coastal waters.

Baby Butterfish are often found sheltering in the tentacles of stinging jellyfishes, to which they are not immune. One slip and they're dead!