New Jersey Scuba Diving

USS Ohio

Shipwreck U.S.S. Ohio

Type:: shipwreck, 74 gun ship-of-the-line, U.S. Navy
Name:: that place next to Indiana
Built:: 1820, New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn NY USA
Specs:: ( 208 x 54 ft ) 2757 gross tons
Sunk:: April 1884
set adrift and grounded by storm while being dismantled, later deliberately burned
Depth:: 20 ft

The stripped hulk of the Ohio eventually burned and sank. Today nothing is left but scattered timbers and debris.

USS Ohio

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Raritan Bay

Raritan Bay

Bug Light
Edmund Phinney
Ed's Schooner
Horseshoe Cove
Alexander Hamilton
Inshore Schooner
Navesink River
Rockaway Inlet
AWOIS 12966/11422

This bay is muddy and turbid, although some folks dive the several small wrecks around the inside of Sandy Hook. Bottle hunting around the old piers and pilings in Keyport harbor is also a possibility, but most of the structures along the bay shore are too small and shallow to be of interest. I have scouted the shoreline from Atlantic Highlands to Laurence Harbor, and nothing looks too promising. See also entries on Navesink River and Horseshoe Cove.

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