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Jeanne II News Letter  9 -1-2010

For additional information, photos, wreck identification,    Our “Gallery” go to my website.
   
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Dear Friends of the Jeanne II:

Well we made it out both days this weekend even though the weather man was against us.  Saturday we dove the Lizzy D 10’ to 15’ visibility and calm seas.
Sunday with the help of Martha of SCUBA Network L.I. we had a full boat of new divers, so we dove the Pocono
with 35’ visibility on top of the wreck and 15’ visibility on the bottom.  Lobsters were spotted and mussels were retrieved.
A good time was had by all.  Martha bought the drinks on the way home “Thank You Martha”

This week we will dive:

Wed:
Sept. 1 a night dive, out at 7:30pm and back by 11:00pm one dive to a local wreck.
Saturday:
Sept. 4 we will dive the Stolt Dagali be at the dock by 5:am.  It is a 583 foot, 19,150 ton Norwegian Tanker built in 1955 in Denmark by Burmeister and Wain shipbuilders. On November 26, 1964 (Thanksgiving Day) while carrying a cargo of vegetable and coconut oil from Philadelphia to Newark, N.J., she entered a dense fog bank. With in minutes of entering the fog, the bow of the 629 foot Israeli luxury liner, SS Shalom. Which was outbound for a Caribbean cruise, collided with the Stolt Dagali’s port side, sheering off her stern? A total of 19 crew members lost their lives. Most of the men killed were sleeping in the 140 foot stern section which sunk in minutes. The lucky men who were on the bow of the vessel including the Captain and nine others were rescued.
The SS Shalom was not fatally wounded but did suffer a 40 foot gash on her starboard side, as a result of the collision. The S.S. Shalom and the Stolt Dagali’s bow section, which stayed afloat, were
towed to the port of New York for repairs. Today a 140 foot piece of the Stolt Dagali’s stern rests on its starboard side 32 Miles SSE out of the Rockaway Inlet. Her remains lie in 130 foot of water, but rises to within 65 feet of the surface you can find all types of aquatic life.
**We still have a few spots open so call for reservations.**
Sunday:
Sept. 5 we have our leisure dive, two dives and a barbecue to local wrecks. Call SCUBA Network L.I. for reservations
(516 997 4864)
Monday:
Sept. 6 We will dive the USN Algol.
Village Divers has a full boat charter for this wreck.
* Thank You Cal*

470 foot USN Attack Transport Built by Moore Dry Dock Co. of Oakland California on February 1943 and named James Baines. On December 1943 was transferred to the Navy and Commissioned AKA 54 USN Algol. Specifications: 470 foot long, with a 63 foot beam and displaced 6,830 tons with a speed of 16.5 knots. Built as an attack cargo vessel, the Algol was designed to assist in amphibious invasion by carrying tanks, trucks and artillery to the troops assaulting beachheads. She also carried 24 landing crafts which were used to ferry troops assaulting beachheads and evacuating wounded from the invasion area. She was manned by 44 officers, 30 petty officers and 350 enlisted men. In November 1947 she was inactivated, but returned to active services February 1948. On August 1950 the Algol transported reinforcements for the invasion of Inchon Korea, serving the Pacific Fleet and the US Marines Corps till 1958 when she was decommissioned. During her service the USS Algol had received not only two World War II battle stars but five Korean battle stars. On November 21, 1991 at about 12:30 PM she was scattered with explosives. The Algol Started to sink to 130 foot of water where it is presently located. She is up right with a 50 foot relief, so you can dive the wreck in less than 80 foot of water. The USN Algol is 32 Miles South of Rockaway Inlet. Noted for abundance of marine life along with mussels, fish, lobster and artifacts.

Safe diving
Captain Bill Reddan

Jeanne II News Letter  9 -1-2010

For additional information, photos, wreck identification,    Our “Gallery” go to my website.
   
   http://www.jeanne-ii.com

Dear Friends of the Jeanne II:

Well we made it out both days this weekend even though the weather man was against us.  Saturday we dove the Lizzy D 10’ to 15’ visibility and calm seas.
Sunday with the help of Martha of SCUBA Network L.I. we had a full boat of new divers, so we dove the Pocono
with 35’ visibility on top of the wreck and 15’ visibility on the bottom.  Lobsters were spotted and mussels were retrieved.
A good time was had by all.  Martha bought the drinks on the way home “Thank You Martha”

This week we will dive:

Wed:
Sept. 1 a night dive, out at 7:30pm and back by 11:00pm one dive to a local wreck.
Saturday:
Sept. 4 we will dive the Stolt Dagali be at the dock by 5:am.  It is a 583 foot, 19,150 ton Norwegian Tanker built in 1955 in Denmark by Burmeister and Wain shipbuilders. On November 26, 1964 (Thanksgiving Day) while carrying a cargo of vegetable and coconut oil from Philadelphia to Newark, N.J., she entered a dense fog bank. With in minutes of entering the fog, the bow of the 629 foot Israeli luxury liner, SS Shalom. Which was outbound for a Caribbean cruise, collided with the Stolt Dagali’s port side, sheering off her stern? A total of 19 crew members lost their lives. Most of the men killed were sleeping in the 140 foot stern section which sunk in minutes. The lucky men who were on the bow of the vessel including the Captain and nine others were rescued.
The SS Shalom was not fatally wounded but did suffer a 40 foot gash on her starboard side, as a result of the collision. The S.S. Shalom and the Stolt Dagali’s bow section, which stayed afloat, were
towed to the port of New York for repairs. Today a 140 foot piece of the Stolt Dagali’s stern rests on its starboard side 32 Miles SSE out of the Rockaway Inlet. Her remains lie in 130 foot of water, but rises to within 65 feet of the surface you can find all types of aquatic life.
**We still have a few spots open so call for reservations.**
Sunday:
Sept. 5 we have our leisure dive, two dives and a barbecue to local wrecks. Call SCUBA Network L.I. for reservations
(516 997 4864)
Monday:
Sept. 6 We will dive the USN Algol.
Village Divers has a full boat charter for this wreck.
* Thank You Cal*

470 foot USN Attack Transport Built by Moore Dry Dock Co. of Oakland California on February 1943 and named James Baines. On December 1943 was transferred to the Navy and Commissioned AKA 54 USN Algol. Specifications: 470 foot long, with a 63 foot beam and displaced 6,830 tons with a speed of 16.5 knots. Built as an attack cargo vessel, the Algol was designed to assist in amphibious invasion by carrying tanks, trucks and artillery to the troops assaulting beachheads. She also carried 24 landing crafts which were used to ferry troops assaulting beachheads and evacuating wounded from the invasion area. She was manned by 44 officers, 30 petty officers and 350 enlisted men. In November 1947 she was inactivated, but returned to active services February 1948. On August 1950 the Algol transported reinforcements for the invasion of Inchon Korea, serving the Pacific Fleet and the US Marines Corps till 1958 when she was decommissioned. During her service the USS Algol had received not only two World War II battle stars but five Korean battle stars. On November 21, 1991 at about 12:30 PM she was scattered with explosives. The Algol Started to sink to 130 foot of water where it is presently located. She is up right with a 50 foot relief, so you can dive the wreck in less than 80 foot of water. The USN Algol is 32 Miles South of Rockaway Inlet. Noted for abundance of marine life along with mussels, fish, lobster and artifacts.

Safe diving
Captain Bill Reddan

Dear Friends of the Jeanne II:

Well we split the weekend again, no dive on Saturday but we dove Sunday on the Arundo and we cleaned up on scallops and few lobsters too.

Saturday Aug. 28

We will dive the Lizzy D and we still have a few spots left so call for reservations 718 332 9574.

The Lizzie D, also known as the Rum Runner, was a tug boat, 84 foot long and 23 foot wide with a 15 foot relief. She was sunk in 1922 and lies in 80 foot of water. Her cargo was Bourbon, Scotch and Whiskey. In 1922 the owner’s casualty report, filed with the Dept. of Commerce’s Bureau of navigation stated: the 84 foot tug was on a “cruise of the narrows,” carrying no cargo, but with eight crew members on board when she went down. The Lizzie D was reported sunk due to unknown reasons. All of the crew was lost. In the mid 1970’s I started diving the Rum Runner leaving the dock at 5 am and doing one dive so as not to be cough by other boats and specially other dive boats. We recovered a large amount of bottles, some filled. They were exploding on deck, so Dr. Al Pomina introduced a big hypo needle through the cork to relieve the pressure from the bottles and avoid the explosions. I had a friend in the PD lab who tested our recovery and the Bourbon bottles with foil seals over the corks came up good, so on the way home on several occasions the passengers were treated to then 55 year old Bourbon. I also gave several full bottles to some of the old captains in Sheepshead Bay and they thought it was great. There are fish, lobsters, mussels and still bottles “if you dig” .The wreck lies 14 miles ESE of the Rockaway inlet. In 2010 we were still recovering bottles.

Sunday Aug 29
We will have our Leisure dive, leaving at 10:00am with two shallow dives and a barbecue.
Martha of SCUBA Network L.I. has a full boat charter for that day.

Night dive September 1
Out at 7:30pm Back by 11:00pm

September 4th we will dive the Stolt Dagali
 
Is a 583 foot, 19,150 ton Norwegian Tanker built in 1955 in Denmark by Burmeister and Wain shipbuilders. On November 26, 1964 (Thanksgiving Day) while carrying a cargo of vegetable and coconut oil from Philadelphia to Newark, N.J., she entered a dense fog bank. With in minutes of entering the fog, the bow of the 629 foot Israeli luxury liner, SS Shalom. Which was outbound for a Caribbean cruise, collided with the Stolt Dagali’s port side, sheering off her stern? A total of 19 crew members lost their lives. Most of the men killed were sleeping in the 140 foot stern section which sunk in minutes. The lucky men who were on the bow of the vessel including the Captain and nine others were rescued. The SS Shalom was not fatally wounded but did suffer a 40 foot gash on her starboard side, as a result of the collision. The S.S. Shalom and the Stolt Dagali’s bow section, which stayed afloat, were towed to the port of New York for repairs. Today a 140 foot piece of the Stolt Dagali’s stern rests on its starboard side 32 Miles SSE out of the Rockaway Inlet. Her remains lie in 130 foot of water, but rises to within 65 feet of the surface you can find all types of aquatic life here.

Safe Diving
Captain Bill Reddan

Jeanne II News Letter 8-16-2010

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Dear Friends of the Jeanne II:

This weekend was 50/50 Saturday we had to cancel our trip to the Eureka due to rough sea conditions.

Sunday we sailed to the Asfalto to find limited visibility, but a few nice bottles and jugs were recovered.  For a second dive we went to the Ambrose Light Ship where  lobster was recovered.

This week:
Wednesday will be our night dive, out by 7:30pm
Back at 11:00pm.

Saturday: Aug 21 we will dive the Arundo
Built in 1930 by the Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. in New Castle, England the Arundo was formerly named the Petersfield the Cromarty, and renamed Arundo. Specifications: 412 feet long, 55 feet wide and displaced 5,097 tons. On April 28, 1942, The Arundo was en route from New York to Alexandria Egypt, Via Cape Town South Africa. She fell victim to a torpedo which was launched from the German submarine U-136. At the time of the attack, she was transporting two locomotives, 123 trucks and jeeps, plus assorted war supplies including 10,000 cases of bottle Canadian Beer. The torpedo hit the Arundo on her Starboard side. Six members of her crew were lost. The Arundo now rests in an area called Wreck Valley, 24 miles S of the Rockaway Inlet in 120 feet of water with a relief of 25 feet. Her structure is somewhat intact. An abundance of beer bottles are scattered all over the wreck. Big lobsters, fish and artifacts are there for the taking.
Sunday Aug 22 we will dive the USN Algol

A 470 foot USN Attack Transport Built by Moore Dry Dock Co. of Oakland California on February 1943 and named James Baines. On December 1943 was transferred to the Navy and Commissioned AKA 54 USN Algol.Specifications: 470 foot long, with a 63 foot beam and displaced 6,830 tons with a speed of 16.5 knots. Built as an attack cargo vessel, the Algol was designed to assist in amphibious invasion by carrying tanks, trucks and artillery to the troops assaulting beachheads. She also carried 24 landing crafts which were used to ferry troops assaulting beachheads and evacuating wounded from the invasion area. She was manned by 44 officers, 30 petty officers and 350 enlisted men. In November 1947 she was inactivated, but returned to active services February 1948. On August 1950 the Algol transported reinforcements for the invasion of Inchon Korea, serving the Pacific Fleet and the US Marines Corps till 1958 when she was decommissioned. During her service the USS Algol had received not only two World War II battle stars but five Korean battle stars. On November 21, 1991 at about 12:30 PM she was scattered with explosives. The Algol Started to sink to 130 foot of water where it is presently located. She is up right with a 50 foot relief, so you can dive the wreck in less than 80 foot of water. The USN Algol is 32 Miles South of Rockaway Inlet. Noted for abundance of marine life along with mussels, fish, lobster and artifacts.

Call for Reservations

SAFE Diving
Captain Bill Reddan

Dear Friends of the Jeanne II:

Well we made it through the weekend, first with the Aqua Woman charter, with 23 well behaved women, especially when the Crew of the Jeanne II provided some entertainment during the Barbecue, on the way home and the after party.
The dive was great with over 30’ visibility.
Thank you LIDA and the Aqua woman for a Great Day.
Photos will be posted on the “Gallery”

Sunday: we had our Leisure dive, the first dive had 15’ visibility, but the wind and tide picked up and the second was much less.

This week:

Wednesday:
 Will be a night dive out by 7:30pm and back by 11:00pm.
To a local wreck.

Saturday:
We will dive the Eureak:
This wreck we call the Eureka is not the wreck we thought, for Lloyd’s register states that the Tug Boat Eureka was dismantled in 1950. The unknown wreck lies 23 miles SE of the Rockaway inlet, in 110 foot of water and has a 10 foot relief. Her length is 125 feet with a 25 foot beam. This wreck has good visibility and has provided many lobsters, scallops, big fish and old bottles.

Sunday:
We will dive the Asfalto:
 The Asfalto is a 300 foot long, with a 40 foot beam, steel hull sailing vessel which was converted to a garbage barge, She sank in the early 1900, how and why is unknown. Though it has many names given it by several captains, when I first dove it in 1973 I named it the Cindy, after a nurse on board who found a gold snuff box while diving there. Since those days many prized lobsters, bottles and artifacts have been recovered. The name Asfalto was researched by Captain Dan Berg of Wreck Valley.(AquaExplorers.com) I personally retrieved an 18 Lb. lobster off this Wreck. The wreck rests 18 miles SE of the Rockaway inlet in 90 feet of water with a 15 foot relief. Though low lying and scattered over a large area the location the wreck lays is the same area known to be a dump sight for the garbage of New York City in the late 1800 and early 1900. This is the reason there are such abundance of old bottles at this dive site. Come join us and add several prize bottles to your collection and maybe a lobster or two.

Call for reservations 718 332 9574

Safe Diving
Captain Bill Reddan

For additional information, photos and wreck identification  and the new Our “Gallery”
 Go to my website.
   
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 Dear Friends of the Jeanne II:

If you dove this weekend you would have a smile on your face now, it was a “Great Weekend for diving.
On Saturday we started off to dive the Ambrose Light Ship, but the New York Pilot advised us that there was going to be to much Ship traffic. So we decided to dive the Mystery wreck and found over 25’ visibility, Lobsters, big Fluke and old bottles were recovered.
Sunday we started early and dove the USN Algol
And finding good visibility also seen wails both at the wreck and on the way home. Our many thanks to Cal of Village Divers and Mike and Mia of Kings County Divers for supporting the Jeanne II.

For this week :
Wednesday will be a night dive out at 7:30 and back by 11;00 one local dive. (The Lobsters are out and about).

Saturday is the annual Aqua Woman Charter, the Jeanne II  will be carrying woman “Only”

Sunday we have our Leisure dive leaving at 10am two dives and a Barbecue to local wrecks, we still have room so call for your reservations.

Safe diving
Captain Bill Reddan

Jeanne II News Letter 7-26-2010

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Dear Friends of the Jeanne II:

We are all alive and well after a very long weekend of diving.
Saturday we dove the R/C Mohawk and found limited visibility so we moved over to the Bald Eagle.  There we had over 20’ visibility, lobster, big Fluke and some nice medicine bottles.  A good time was had by all.
Saturday Night we set off to dive the Stolt but on the way there the weather  started to act up.  So we dove the Arundo
and  “what a pick” there was good visibility along with lobster, big Fluke and lots of scallops.  The group of divers where very happy.

Thanks to Cal of VILLAGE Divers and finder of “The Big Lobster of the Night” Mia from Kings County Divers who filled the boat that night.

Sunday was Leisure Sunday and we sailed off with SCUBA Network L.I. to the Lizzy D. finding over 20’ visibility.
God was good to us for when the storm hit we had all the divers  safely aboard, so we waited the storm out and made a safe trip home.

This week;

Wednesday we will have our one dive night dive leaving at 7:30pm and back by 11:00pm for a local dive.
“the Lobsters are around and out”.
Saturday we will dive
 The Ambrose Light Ship “Relief”
The Relief Ship was built by the New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey in 1904. She was 129 feet long by 29 feet wide, with a displacement of 566 tons and powered by a 600 hp. Diesel. The light ship carried a 60,000 candle power oscillating light, one of the most powerful lights of its kind in the world at the time. On June 24, 1960 the red hulled white lettered Relief Lightship was on station filling in for the Wal-613 ( Ambrose Light Ship ) which was in Staten Island for her yearly overhaul. The Wal-505 beacons were flashing and her foghorn was sounding at regular intervals, when she was struck on her starboard side amidships by the class C-2 freighter, Green Bay. The Captain of the Green Bay, Tom Mazzella, had apparently misinterpreted the location of the Lightship on his radar. The Green Bay, which had been navigating through a thick fog at the time, was not seriously damaged, but the Lightship went down within ten minutes. All of her crew of nine was rescued without injuries. The Lightship now rests 12 miles SE of Rockaway inlet, just North West of Ambrose Tower, upright in 100 feet of water, with a 15 foot relief, She remains relatively intact with exception of her light masts that were wire dragged down, so as not to be a hazard to navigation. Visibility is usually good but is normally dark.
 
Sunday The USN Algol
A 470 foot USN Attack Transport Built by Moore Dry Dock Co. of Oakland California on February 1943 and named James Baines. On December 1943 was transferred to the Navy and Commissioned AKA 54 USN Algol. Specifications: 470 foot long, with a 63 foot beam and displaced 6,830 tons with a speed of 16.5 knots. Built as an attack cargo vessel, the Algol was designed to assist in amphibious invasion by carrying tanks, trucks and artillery to the troops assaulting beachheads. She also carried 24 landing crafts which were used to ferry troops assaulting beachheads and evacuating wounded from the invasion area. She was manned by 44 officers, 30 petty officers and 350 enlisted men. In November 1947 she was inactivated, but returned to active services February 1948. On August 1950 the Algol transported reinforcements for the invasion of Inchon Korea, serving the Pacific Fleet and the US Marines Corps till 1958 when she was decommissioned. During her service the USS Algol had received not only two World War II battle stars but five Korean battle stars. On November 21, 1991 at about 12:30 PM she was scattered with explosives. The Algol Started to sink to 130 foot of water where it is presently located. She is up right with a 50 foot relief, so you can dive the wreck in less than 80 foot of water. The USN Algol is 32 Miles South of Rockaway Inlet. Noted for abundance of marine life along with mussels, fish, lobster and artifacts.
Safe Diving
Captain Bill Reddan

Jeanne II News Letter   7-19-2010

For additional information, photos and wreck identification  with the new Our “Gallery” go to my website.
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Dear Friends of the Jeanne II:
Mother Nature was good to us again for the weekend.  We dove the USN Algol on Saturday and the Arundo on Sunday. 
Saturday we arrived  and found another dive boat on the wreck so we moved over to the USN Algol where we had good visibility.  Sunday for safety reasons we dove the Arundo; there was a Big Trawler to close to the New Wreck.  We had good visibility with an abundance of scallops  “which were shared by all”.

This week we will dive:

Wednesday night dive, out by 7:30pm and back by 11:00pm. 
The lobsters are out and about.

Saturday we will dive the R/C Mohawk:

It is a 205 foot long and 32 foot wide, 980 tons steam ship built 1902 in Richmond Virginia. She was commissioned on May 10, 1904 and was owned by the Treasury Dept. (USCG). In April 6, 1917 she was temporarily transferred to the Navy where the Mohawk served doing coastal duty for convoy operations. On October 1, 1917 the Mohawk was struck by the British tanker, SS Vennacher, which was part of a convoy going to Europe with material for the troops in WW I. The 77 crew members were rescued by other ships of the convoy. After she was struck it only took one hour for her to go down. Today, the R.C. Mohawk rests 12 miles S of the Rockaway Inlet in 100 foot of water with a relief of over 15 foot. This wreck still has a large variety of artifacts because for years the city of New York dumped in this area. It has been over 15 years since they stopped dumping so the wreck has come back to life and visibility is usually good. In 2006 the Crew members of the Jeanne II recovered a 375 Lbs. soled Bronze gate valve, along with many other artifacts.

Saturday night may have a night dive on the Stolt Dagali. 
Call for reservations if we get 12 or more we will go.  It will be a 6pm departure. 
Book early.

Sunday:  We will have our Leisure dive leaving at 10am, two shallow dives and a barbecue.  This Sunday July 25 is filled by SCUBA Network L.I.
Thank you Martha!
Book early and don’t be left on the Beach.

Safe diving
Captain Bill Reddan

Jeanne II News Letter   7-12-2010

For additional information, photos and wreck identification  with the new Our “Gallery” go to my website.
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Dear Friends of the Jeanne II:

We squeezed through this weekend with some good diving.
Saturday even though they predicted showers we dove the
Pinta and had 30’ visibility.  With the help of the customers we made it home before the rain a good day was had by all.

Sunday we had our Leisure dive and we had to turn away divers because we were full.  Our plan was to dive local
but the visibility reports were negative, so we dove old fateful the Mystery wreck and found 10’ to 15’ visibility on the first dive and even better on the second dive.
Mother nature blessed us again.

This week:
Wednesday we will have our night dive out at 7:30 and back by 11:00 (The Lobsters are out)

Saturday July 17:
Stolt  Dagali so be at the boat by 5:00am this is a popular wreck.
It is a 583 foot, 19,150 ton Norwegian Tanker built in 1955 in Denmark by Burmeister and Wain shipbuilders. On November 26, 1964 (Thanksgiving Day) while carrying a cargo of vegetable and coconut oil from Philadelphia to Newark, N.J., she entered a dense fog bank. With in minutes of entering the fog, the bow of the 629 foot Israeli luxury liner, SS Shalom. Which was outbound for a Caribbean cruise, collided with the Stolt Dagali’s port side, sheering off her stern? A total of 19 crew members lost their lives. Most of the men killed were sleeping in the 140 foot stern section which sunk in minutes. The lucky men who were on the bow of the vessel including the Captain and nine others were rescued. The SS Shalom was not fatally wounded but did suffer a 40 foot gash on her starboard side, as a result of the collision. The S.S. Shalom and the Stolt Dagali’s bow section, which stayed afloat, were towed to the port of New York for repairs. Today a 140 foot piece of the Stolt Dagali’s stern rests on its starboard side 32 Miles SSE out of the Rockaway Inlet. Her remains lie in 130 foot of water, but rises to thin 65 feet of the surface you can find all types of aquatic life here.

Sunday July 18:
We will dive the New Wreck it has no name and if you can identify it we will give you a Jeanne II T-shirt.
New Wreck #1:
This wreck seams to be a steel sailing vessel or a sea going barge, ?it shows no machinery. It is about 150 feet+ long with a 30 foot beam.  To date we have not found any artifacts to truly identify it. A video was made of this wreck by Ken Koga which you can find under The Captain on my web page http://www.jeanne-ii.com.  It lies in 95 to 110 foot of water with a 15 foot relief, located 23 miles S of the Rockaway Inlet. Good for lobsters, fish and an abundance of marine life.
PS: If you find any artifact that can identify this wreck you will receive a Jeanne II T shirt!
New Wreck #2:
This wreck is a steel wreck and could be the bow of a small tanker or ?a sea going barge.  It is about 160 foot long with a 30 foot beam showing a 15 foot relief, it rests 24 miles S of the Rockaway inlet, we have recovered many large lobsters from this wreck but as of yet no artifacts to identify the name of this wreck.    

If you find any artifacts that will identify either New Wreck #1 or #2 you will receive a free T shirt. Check under Captain’s Videos for this wreck.
Call for your reservations and go diving.
Safe Diving
Captain Bill Reddan

 Jeanne II News Letter   7-6-2010

For additional information, photos and wreck identification  with the new Our “Gallery” go to my website.
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Dear Friends of the Jeanne II:

What a weekend, Sat we dove the R/C Mohawk and visibility was over 20’.  Sunday we dove the USN Algol with over 30’ visibility.  Sunday evening we viewed the Fire works.
Monday SCUBA Network L.I. joined forces with LIDA and dove the Bald Eagle with 25’ visibility or better. Lobsters were on hand several were brought on board including a 6 pounder there were also numerous giant Fluke “what a day”!
LIDA provided food, beverages and a LIDA T-shirt for every one on board.
Thank You Martha and Thank You LIDA
 
This week:
Wednesday we will have a night dive out by 7:30 and back by 11:00, Call for reservations.

Saturday we will dive the Pinta.
 It is a Dutch Freighter 194 foot long by 31 wide built in 1959 and sunk with her cargo of wood timbers in 1963, when struck by the British freighter City of Perth. It lies on its side in 80 feet of water, her relief is 30 feet. This is one of the fully intact wrecks that divers love to visit, the visibility is usually good and there are mussels, lobsters and fish available to all levels of diver. The wreck lies 20 miles S of the Rockaway inlet. This wreck is still one of my favorites.

Sunday we have our Leisure Sunday leaving at 10:00 am two local dives and a Barbecue (this is filling fast so call for your reservations)
Just pull up to the curb at Emmons Ave and pier 5 the crew will assist you.
Safe Diving
Captain Bill Reddan