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Warships

Warships

A number of warships are sunk in New Jersey and New York waters:

Bronx Queen SC-635

Shipwreck Bronx Queen

Type:: shipwreck, submarine chaser, later party boat, USA
Built:: 1942, Mathis Yacht Building, Camden NJ USA, as SC-635
Specs:: ( 112 x 18 ft ) 99 gross tons, 19 crew, including passengers
Sunk:: Saturday December 20, 1989
foundered after structural failure of aft hull caused by improper modifications - 2 casualties
Depth:: 35 ft

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USS Moonstone PYc-9

Shipwreck USS Moonstone — Lone Star

Type:: shipwreck, patrol boat, U.S. Navy (converted yacht)
Built:: 1929, Germany, as Lone Star
Specs:: ( 171 x 26 ft ) 469 gross tons, 47 crew
Sunk:: Friday October 15, 1943
collision with destroyer USS Greer ( 1090 tons) - no casualties
Depth:: 130 ft

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USS Ohio

Shipwreck U.S.S. Ohio

Type:: shipwreck, 74 gun ship-of-the-line, U.S. Navy
Name:: that place next to Indiana
Built:: 1820, New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn NY USA
Specs:: ( 208 x 54 ft ) 2757 gross tons
Sunk:: April 1884
set adrift and grounded by storm while being dismantled, later deliberately burned
Depth:: 20 ft

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USS Catamount CG-85006

Shipwreck Catamount

Type:: shipwreck, private yacht, converted to U.S. Navy patrol boat
Name:: Catamount is another name for a mountain lion, felis concolor.
Built:: 1929, Luders Marine, Stamford CT USA
Specs:: ( 85 x 15 ft ) 67 gross tons, 11 crew
Sunk:: Saturday March 27, 1943
engine explosion - 6 casualties
Depth:: 125 ft

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Ida K SC-1282

subchaser fishing — A subchaser converted to fishing - Ida K might have been similar

Type:: submarine chaser, later trawler, scallop boat, USA
Built:: 1943, Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City NC USA
Specs:: ( 112 x 18 ft ) 99 gross tons
Sunk:: ???
Depth:: 90 ft

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USS San Diego ACR-6

Shipwreck USS San Diego — USS San Diego photographed 28 January 1915, while serving as flagship of the Pacific Fleet. Her name had been changed from California on 1 September 1914. Note two-star Rear Admiral's flag flying from her mainmast top.

Type:: shipwreck, armored cruiser, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1904, Bethlehem San Francisco, San Francisco USA, as U.S.S. California
Specs:: ( 503 x 70 ft ) 13680 displacement tons
Sunk:: Friday July 19, 1918
explosion, probably struck a mine laid by U-156
officially 6 casualties, probably 30-40 in reality
GPS:: 40°32.433' -73°02.484' (AWOIS 2008)
Depth:: 110 ft, starts at 65 ft

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