G.L. 78

Type:
shipwreck, barge
Specs:
( 50 ft )
Sunk:
Saturday September 11, 1937
GPS:
40°18.834' -73°53.094' (AWOIS 2008)
Depth:
65 ft

This wreck is often referred to as a trawler, but it is really a self-propelled wooden dump scow of the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company.

from AWOIS: 4295

H10224/86 -- OPR-C121-WH-86; MAIN SCHEME HYDROGRAPHY AND SIDE-SCAN SONAR FOUND WRECK; DIVER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A WOODEN-HULLED VESSEL BROKEN INTO TWO SEPARATE SECTIONS, LAYING UPRIGHT ON A SAND AND GRAVEL BOTTOM; TWO SECTIONS SEPARATED BY 20-30 FT OF SCATTERED DEBRIS; EVIDENCE OF INTERNAL MACHINERY AND DRIVE SHAFTS; BEAM ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 50 FT; KEEL BLOCK AND INTERNAL FRAMING WERE MOSTLY INTACT; AT THE SOUTHERN END OF WRECK ONLY OCCASIONAL WOODEN RIBS WERE OBSERVED EXTENDING UPWARDS FROM WRECKAGE; NORTHERN SECTION OF THE WRECK WAS COMPOSED OF WOODEN AND METALLIC BEAMS, PIPES AND OTHER DEBRIS; POOR VISIBILITY; PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE LEAST DEPTH OF 52 FT TAKEN ON TOP OF WOODEN POST STICKING 8-10 FT UP FROM BOTTOM; BELIEVED TO BE A MOTOR-DRIVEN BARGE OR SCOW WHICH BROKE APART AND SANK. (UPDATED MSD 4/91)


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Shipwreck Bronx Queen
Type:
shipwreck, submarine chaser, later party boat, USA
Built:
1942, Camden NJ USA, as SC-635
Specs:
( 112 x 18 ft ) 99 gross tons, 19 crew, including passengers
Sunk:
Saturday December 20, 1989
foundered after structural failure of aft hull caused by improper modifications - 2 casualties
Depth:
35 ft

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