Valerie E
- Type:
- shipwreck, clam dredge
- Built:
- 1968, Palatka FL
- Specs:
- ( 71 ft ) 116 gross tons, 3 crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday January 16, 1992; winter storm - no survivors
- Depth:
- 75 ft
The Valerie E sank in the same storm as the John Marvin, off Atlantic City. Although the Valerie E sank off Long Island, her home port was Belford NJ.
Valerie E
The Valerie E was a 71 ft clam dredge that was reported overdue at 12:30 PM on January 16, 1992. At the time she had three crewmen aboard. The Coast Guard located the sunken wreck the next day, but unfortunately in the frigid winter waters, there was little hope for the crew. They were never recovered and are presumed lost.
The wreck now sits on her port side in 75 feet of water. When we first visited this wreck in the spring of 1992 she was in near perfect condition. At that time her bronze propeller was still shiny. After a powerful Nor'easter in the fall of the same year, the wreck was moved about 200 feet inshore. Apparently, the storm was so powerful that the wreck actually bounced across the bottom because one of the propeller blades bent forward 90 degrees. In 1995 the Valerie E's 600 pound, four-foot diameter bronze propeller was successfully salvaged.
Excerpted from Wreck Valley CDROM by Dan Berg
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