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Tampa III

Shipwreck Tampa III

Type:: shipwreck, party boat, USA
Built:: 1960, USA
Specs:: ( 72 x 20 ft ) 90 gross tons
Sunk:: Saturday July 4, 1970
collision in fog with freighter Mormacglen (12,700 DWT), 1 casualty
GPS:: 40°28.093' -73°53.578' (AWOIS 1986)
Depth:: 50 ft

Shipwreck Tampa III

Apart from possibly the three diesel engine blocks, it is likely nothing remains of the wreck of the Tampa III. Tampa III was the third of a series of Tampas; Tampa V still sails local waters as the Miss Belmar Princess, while Tampa VII sails out of Point Pleasant.

from AWOIS: 1623

H10224/86 -- OPR-C121-WH-86; AN OBSTRUCTION WITH DEPTHS OF 46 AND 47 FT IN PRESENT SURVEY DEPTHS OF 51-53 FT WAS FOUND 138M SE OF THE AWOIS POSITION; DEBRIS ALSO FOUND IN SAME AREA; BELIEVED TO BE REMAINS OF WRECK; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED DELETING CHARTED SYMBOL AND TYPE AND ADDING 46 OBSTN AS SHOWN ON PRESENT SURVEY. (UPDATED MSD 4/91)

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Zebra Mussel

Zebra Mussel

Dreissena polymorpha

Size: to 2"

Habitat: grows profusely on any solid surface

Zebra Mussel

Notes: Zebra Mussels were introduced into the Great Lakes in the mid-eighties from the Caspian Sea region of Eurasia. They probably arrived as larvae in the ballast water of visiting ships. Since then, they have been having a regular party - spreading like wildfire and often covering every available hard surface, including each other. This wreaks havoc with power-plant cooling systems and municipal water supplies, where masses of the tiny bivalves clog pipes and water intakes. The mussels also radically alter the native lake ecology by efficiently filtering nutrients from the water. This does have one positive effect for divers, however. Apparently, the Great Lakes and surrounding waters have never been cleaner or clearer.

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