Sub Chaser SC-60

Sub Chaser
WW I submarine chasers
Type:
shipwreck, submarine chaser, U.S. Navy
Built:
1917, New York NY USA
Specs:
( 110 x 14 ft ) 85 tons
Sunk:
Tuesday October 1, 1918
collision with tanker Fred W. Waller - 2 casualties
Depth:
45 ft

Sub Chasers were lightly built, with wooden hulls and gasoline engines. The three engines would be the largest remains, if indeed there are any.

from AWOIS: 1571

FE330SS/89 -- OPR-C147-HE-89; CONTACT #1 FROM SURVEY H-10284; DIVER INVESTIGATION FOUND A LARGE MASS OF WOOD AND STEEL WRECKAGE OF UNDETERMINED TYPE; BADLY DETERIORATED AND RISING 10 FT OFF THE BOTTOM; EVALUATOR FOR H-10284/88 SPECULATED THAT THIS MIGHT BE AWOIS ITEM 1570, HOWEVER, DIVERS FROM THIS SURVEY REPORTED THAT THE WRECKAGE DID NOT RESEMBLE A TUG; LORAN C RATES: 9960-W 15491.8, 9960-X 26937.5, 9960-Y 43654.5, 9960-Z 59840.0; LORAN POSITION IS CLOSE TO LORAN RATES PROVIDED BELOW BY RICHARD TARACKA FOR WRECK HE IDENTIFIED AS SUB CHASER; THE WRECKAGE FOUND DURING THIS SURVEY HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO AWOIS AS ITEM 8071 PENDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO VERIFY IDENTITY. (UPDATED MSD 7/91)

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ShipBuildingHistory.com is a resource that I have often used to look up many of the reefs and a few of the wrecks in this website. I recently sent in an update, and received a notice that the author had passed away. The next thing that usually happens in these cases is that the website disappears when the hosting goes unpaid, so I immediately grabbed a copy for myself.

That's when I found that the original site was almost a terabyte in size, and 95% of that was formatting. So I cleaned it up, and cleaned it up, and cleaned it up, and added some navigation structures and other niceties that you would expect. Then I posted my copy as a sub-site here:

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