Long Island West Dive Sites Chart

Long Island - West Chart

Long Island West Dive Sites

NOAA chart 12326
Chart 12326

Type:
shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:
1906?
Specs:
( 70 ft ) 54 tons
Sunk:
Wednesday December 7, 1983
fire - no casualties
Depth:
70 ft

Shipwreck Linda
Type:
wooden schooner
Specs:
( 244 x 37 ft ) 1677 tons, 12 crew
Sunk:
unknown
Depth:
140 ft

Shipwreck Maine
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:
1891, Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington DE USA
Specs:
( 310 x 44 ft ) 1505 gross tons
Sunk:
Wednesday February 4, 1920
pushed onto rocks by pack ice - no casualties
Depth:
15 ft

low debris field


Type:
shipwreck, clam dredge
Built:
1968, Kennedy Brown, Palatka FL
Specs:
( 71 ft ) 116 gross tons, 3 crew
Sunk:
Thursday January 16, 1992; winter storm - no survivors
Depth:
75 ft



Summer Flounder

Paralichthys dentatus

to 37 " and 20 lbs.
usually much smaller

Profile by
Paul G. Scarlett
Principal Fisheries Biologist
Bureau of Marine Fisheries

Range:
Estuarine and coastal waters from Nova Scotia to Florida. Most abundant between Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Cape Fear, North Carolina.

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