Long Island West Dive Sites Chart

Long Island - West Chart

Long Island West Dive Sites

NOAA chart 12326
Chart 12326

Shipwreck Lexington
Type:
steamer, USA
Built:
1835, Jeremiah Simonson, New York NY USA
Specs:
( 207 x 21 ft ) 488 gross tons, 165 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Monday January 13, 1840
fire - 4 survivors
Depth:
125 ft - 150 ft

Depth:
125 ft

This wreck was formerly thought to be the Yankee. However, the "G&D" was identified as the Yankee, leaving this wreck unidentified. It consists of engine, boilers, driveshaft, and propeller, and is reputed to be a good lobster wreck.


Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge
Specs:
( 330 x 40 ft )
Sunk:
March 12, 1932
Depth:
95 ft

Capt. Mick Trzaska of the dive boat CRT II also calls this the "Bomb Wreck", since it once produced a live aircraft-type explosive. A diver had sent it up with a lift bag thinking it was a champagne bottle! How it got there is anyone's guess.


Shipwreck Charles Dunlap
Type:
shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:
1904, Millbridge ME USA
Specs:
( 225 x 42 ft ) 1498 gross tons
Sunk:
July 22, 1919; ran aground in fog
Depth:
25 ft



Shipwreck Arundo
The Arundo as she appeared just prior to sinking.
Note the locomotives on deck, foreward of the aft mast.
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, Netherlands
Built:
1930, New Castle England, as Petersfield
Specs:
( 412 x 55 ft ) 5163 gross tons, 43 crew
Sunk:
Tuesday April 28, 1942
torpedoed by U-136 - 6 casualties
Depth:
140 ft max; 110 ft min; 125 ft typical

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