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NOAA chart 12300
Chart 12300

Shipwreck Winneconne
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, USA
Name:
Named for a town in eastern Wisconsin?
Built:
1907, England, as Hogland
Specs:
( 271 x 39 ft ) 1869 gross tons
Sunk:
Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties
Depth:
220 ft

U-151's path from Isabel B Wiley to Carolina


Shipwreck Coimbra
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, England
Name:
Coimbra is an important city and university in east-central Portugal.
Built:
1937, Germany
Specs:
( 423 x 60 ft ) 6768 gross tons, 40 crew
Sunk:
Thursday January 15, 1942
torpedoed by U-123 - 34 casualties
Depth:
190 ft, starts at 165 ft

Shipwreck Edward H. Cole
Type:
shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:
1904, Rockland ME USA
Specs:
( 228 x 43 ft ) 1791 gross tons
Sunk:
Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties
Depth:
185 ft

Andrea Doria
Andrea Doria - New York Times
Type:
shipwreck, liner, Italy
Name:
A 16th century Genoese Admiral. This name had been previously carried by a number of Italian warships ( see page bottom )
Built:
1951, Italy
Specs:
( 700 x 90 ft ) 29083 displacement tons, 1706 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Thursday July 26, 1956
collision with freighter Stockholm ( 12000 tons) - 46 casualties
GPS:
40°29.405' -69°52.028' (AWOIS)
Depth:
240 ft ( 190 ft minimum )

Shipwreck USS Spikefish
Type:
shipwreck, Balao ( modified Gato ) class submarine, U.S. Navy
Built:
1944, Portsmouth, NH USA
Specs:
( 312 x 27 ft ) 1810 tons, no crew
Sunk:
Tuesday August 4, 1964
weapons test (torpedoed)
Depth:
280 ft

airship wreck USS Akron
In flight over the Goodyear plant in Akron Ohio, where she was built.
Type:
shipwreck, dirigible ( rigid airship ) , U.S. Navy
Built:
1931, Akron OH USA
Specs:
( 785 ft ) 200 tons, 76 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Tuesday April 4, 1933
atmospheric storm - 3 survivors
Depth:
105 ft

Shipwreck Acara
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, England
Built:
1898, England
Specs:
( 380 x 47 ft ) 4193 gross tons
Sunk:
March 1, 1902; ran aground in storm - no casualties
Depth:
25 ft

The Acara lies 1,500 to 1,800 ft offshore, in 25 ft of water. She is quite broken up, with wreckage spread over a wide area. Still, there are one or two sections with 10 feet or so of relief. Brass fittings and other artifacts are still being found.

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