Shipwreck · Sea Girt, New Jersey

USS Algol

USS Algol
Photo: ENS. Borg, U.S. Navy (U.S. Navy photo taken from a Santa Ana based airship of Blimp Squadron (ZP-31)), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

A 460 ft attack cargo transport, sunk as part of New Jersey's Shark River Reef in 1991 (NJ Fish and Wildlife). Its depth is not recorded.

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TypeShipwreck, attack cargo transport
Sunk as a reef1991
DepthNot recorded
Position40.1092°N, 73.6908°W (approximate, ±50 m)
Position known fromAn agency's record of where it was placed or found
SourceNJ DEP Artificial Reef Deployments in New Jersey

Further reading: USS Algol (AKA-54) on Wikipedia.

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