V.L. Keegan YO-166

V.L. Keegan
Type:
artificial reef, tanker - Spentonbush Company, USA (Hess Oil)
Built:
1932, Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn NY USA
Specs:
( 110 ft )
Sponsor:
Spectra Services
Sunk:
Saturday June 3, 1989 - Sandy Hook Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°21.525' -73°56.110'
Depth:
60 ft
V.L. Keegan

V.L. Keegan was built in 1932, by Ira S. Bushey and Sons of Brooklyn, New York for Spentonbush Fuel Transport, Incorporated. She was acquired by the United States Navy where she was designated YO-166 during World War II. The unit was later acquired by the Eklof Marine Corporation of Staten Island, New York where she was named back to V.L. Keegan.

Both the Keegan and the Dorothy sank at a dock in the Raritan River and were cut up in place and loaded onto a barge prior to reefing.


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Shipwreck Pentland Firth
Type:
shipwreck, trawler, Royal Navy
Name:
Pentland Firth is the channel between the northern tip of Scotland and the Islands that form Scapa Flow, the great British naval base, and today one of the best wreck diving locales in the world.
Built:
1934, England
Specs:
( 164 x 27 ft ) 485 gross tons
Sunk:
Saturday September 19, 1942
collision with minesweeper trawler USS Chaffinch (400 tons) - ? casualties
GPS:
40°25.433' -73°52.204' (AWOIS 1991)
Depth:
70 ft

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