Cape May Dive Sites Chart ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Cape May Dive Sites Chart

Cape May Dive Sites

Glory

Type:: shipwreck
Depth:: 70 ft

The "Glory Wreck" is a twisted mass of hull plates and steel spread over a wide area on a sandy bottom. Artifacts are occasionally found: portholes and brass. She is usually a good lobster wreck.

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Alex Gibson

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Built:: 1877
Specs:: ( 180 ft ) 2154 tons
Sunk:: 1930s, no casualties
Depth:: 40 ft

The Alex Gibson shipwreck is the remains of a wooden barge. The barge was built in 1877 was 180 ft long and displaced 2154 tons. She was sunk in the 1930s and now sits in 40 ft of water on a clean sand bottom.

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USS Jacob Jones DD-130

Shipwreck USS Jacob Jones — In the Panama Canal locks, 1920.

Type:: shipwreck, destroyer, Wickes / Tattnall class, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1919, Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 314 x 31 ft ) 1211 gross tons, 145 crew
Sunk:: Saturday February 28, 1942
torpedoed by U-578 - 134 casualties
Depth:: 120 ft

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Champion

Type:: shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:: 1859, Wilmington DE USA
Specs:: ( 234 x 31 ft ) 1419 gross tons, 55 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Friday November 7, 1879
collision with sailing ship Lady Octavia - 28 casualties
Depth:: 105 ft