City of Georgetown ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

City of Georgetown

Type:: shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:: 1902, Bath Me USA
Specs:: ( 168 x 36 ft ) 599 gross tons, 8+ passengers & crew
Sunk:: Sunday June 2, 1918
collision with liner Prinz Oskar ( 1090 tons) - no casualties
Depth:: 110 ft

Today the wreckage lies in 110 ft of water. She has little relief, maybe 5 ft. Her wooden hull is pretty much sanded in and appears to be split into three sections. She is mostly frequented by fishing boats, so watch out for hooks and monofilament.

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Diving Myths

From way back when in 1996 ...

by Dr. Jolie Bookspan, author of Diving Physiology in Plain English

Myth 1 - The Dive Reflex Protects You

In the dive reflex, heart rate and limb blood flow decrease. Careful science ( that means we didn't accidentally step on the thermisters ) shows time and again that the dive reflex does not reduce the need for oxygen underwater as it does in marine mammals. Field studies ( where you're allowed to step on the thermisters ) indicate that the dive reflex does not extend breath-holding time. Occasional cases of human survival after very cold water near-drowning are not due to the dive reflex. Cold is the likely mechanism behind the reduced metabolism that permits survival.

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