Shipwrecks and Sunken Vessels

Unknown Wreck

German submarine U-576 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. She carried out five patrols, sank four ships of 15,450 GRT and damaged two more of 19,457 GRT. The boat was sunk by depth charges from two US aircraft and gunfire from a merchant ship, near Hatteras, NC, in July 1942. She is resting in about...

24 NO.646; BARGE; SUNK 9/24/52 BY MARINE CASUALTY 103' deep  Lots of good ledges SW of the wreck.

Weldon Hall wreck is located in approximately 78' of water.

The USS Narcissus is a screw steamer launched in July 1863 as Mary Cook at East Albany, N.Y. It was purchased by the Union Navy at New York City on 23 September 1863 from James D. Stevenson; and commissioned at New York Naval Yard on 2 February 1864. Narcissus was repaired at Pensacola early in 1865 and served in the gulf as a dispatch boat...

Kiawah Reef (4KI) 2 buoys mark reef Water depth 20-40'. North Buoy 32 29.451, 80 00.058 South Buoy 32 28.870, 80 00.441 300' Hopper Barge 32 29.531, 80 00.243 260' Deck Barge 32 29.436, 80 00.243 62' Lash Barge 32 29.159, 80 00.262 Automobiles 32 29.128, 80 00.214 DryDock 32 28.858, 80 00.402 100' Deck Barge 32 28.790, 8...

In 1987, this 85 foot barge sank in 45 feet of water. This is a great site to see goliath grouper, snapper, and barracuda. More Details

She was built in Blackwall Yard, London by Money and Wigrams in 1847 for the Chester & Holyhead Railway Company for a passenger service between Holyhead and Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) and Howth.   From 1858 to 1859 she was loaned to the Scilly Isles Steam Navigation Company until their new ship the SS Little Western was ready. She w...

SS Thomas Heyward was a Liberty ship built by Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company at Mobile, Alabama, laid down 21 February 1942, and launched 31 May 1942. It was named for Thomas Heyward, Jr. (28 July 1746 – 6 March 1809), a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Sou...

The SS Halsey was built in 1920 by Bethlehem SB Corp, Alameda, California. She was 435 feet long, had a 56 foot beam, displaced 7,088 gross tons and was powered by a single screw, triple expansion engine. The Halsey was owned by American Petroleum Transport Corp., of New York. On May 6, 1942, the Halsey was en route from Corpus Christi, Texas to...

Flat Deck Steel Barge 25'W x 66' L

ALVA CHAPMAN REEF IN MONROE COUNTY CONSIST OF TWO CONCRETE BOAT HULLS AND DREDGE PIPE Date of Deployment:December 31 197

The Ocean Wind is an 87 foot, 141-ton tug boat that was sunk in January 2016 about 10 miles offshore of Pensacola, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship now rest in 87 feet of water.

Florence Elliot

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Name SITE D - JOE'S NIGHTMARE BARGE IS A 90 FT. BY 30 FT. STEEL BARGE Date of Deployment December 31 1996 

Spencer Gulf. 20 minutes from Port Victoria. Water depth 6m.

Captain Neilsen