Long Island West Dive Sites Chart

Sandy Hook / Rockaway Inlet Chart

NOAA chart 12326
Chart 12326

Shipwreck Sandy Hook - Pilot Boat
The Sandy Hook as a private yacht, early in her career.
Type:
shipwreck, pilot boat, converted yacht, USA
Built:
1902, Bethlehem Elizabethport, Elizabeth NJ USA, as Anstice, later Privateer
Specs:
( 168 x 24 ft ) 361 gross tons, 26 crew & harbor pilots
Sunk:
Thursday April 27, 1939
collision with tanker Oslofjord ( 16500 tons) - no casualties
GPS:
40°27.556' -73°49.490' (AWOIS 1986)
Depth:
100 ft


Type:
shipwreck, barge
Depth:


Location courtesy of Capt. Dan Berg


Shipwreck Manasquan Wreck
A Black Ball packet ship ( Orpheus ) leaving New York, 1835.
Aurora sailed for the Kermit Line.
Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
Built:
1824, Bath ME, USA
Specs:
( 106 x 22 ft )
Sunk:
Nov 20, 1827, ran aground in storm - 6 casualties
Depth:
12 ft

Shipwreck Pentland Firth
Type:
shipwreck, trawler, Royal Navy
Name:
Pentland Firth is the channel between the northern tip of Scotland and the Islands that form Scapa Flow, the great British naval base, and today one of the best wreck diving locales in the world.
Built:
1934, England
Specs:
( 164 x 27 ft ) 485 gross tons
Sunk:
Saturday September 19, 1942
collision with minesweeper trawler USS Chaffinch (400 tons) - ? casualties
GPS:
40°25.433' -73°52.204' (AWOIS 1991)
Depth:
70 ft

Shipwreck R.C. Mohawk
Not to be confused with the S.S. Mohawk or the other S.S. Mohawk.
Type:
shipwreck, revenue cutter, U.S. Revenue Service, on loan to U.S. Navy
Name:
A tribe of Iroquoian Indians of the eastern New York area.
Built:
1902, William R. Trigg, Richmond VA USA
Specs:
( 206 x 32 ft ) 980 gross tons, 77 crew
Sunk:
Monday October 1, 1917
collision with tanker Vennachar - no casualties
GPS:
40°25.025' -73°45.158' (AWOIS 2010)
Depth:
100 ft

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.