Long Island West Dive Sites Chart

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Long Island West Dive Sites

NOAA chart 12326
Chart 12326

Shipwreck Choapa
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, Chile
Built:
1937, England, as Helga
Specs:
( 292 x 41 ft ) 1700 gross tons, 67 crew
Sunk:
Thursday September 21, 1944
collision with tanker British Harmony, then with freighter Voco ( 5090 tons) while at anchor, then with tanker Empire Garrick - no casualties
Depth:
195 ft, starts at 160 ft


Type:
shipwreck, schooner
Depth:
115 ft

The Happy Days appears to be the remains of a wooden schooner. The Happy Days sits in 115 feet of water just east of the G&D wreck. According to Jimmy Fazzolare this wreck consists of scattered wreckage with one mast stump sticking up. Jim reports that the wrecks bell was recovered by one of the Aquarians Club divers. Unfortunately, the bell did not have the wreck's name on it. Visibility here is often hampered by sediment from a silty bottom. Jim reports that this wreck is one of the best lobster wrecks in the area.


Eureka
Type:
shipwreck, trawler?, USA
Depth:
110 ft

debris field, boiler, machinery




Shipwreck Lizzie D
Type:
shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:
1907, Philadelphia PA USA
Specs:
( 77 x 21 ft ) 122 gross tons, 13 crew
Sunk:
Thursday October 19, 1922
unknown, related to smuggling during Prohibition - no survivors
Depth:
80 ft

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