Shipwreck · Cape Fear, North Carolina

Mance Lassiter

A 180 ft vessel, sunk as part of artificial reef AR-465 (Gary Ennis Reef) in 1996.

Open in the viewer from Cape Fear point, Bald Head Island →

Quick facts

TypeShipwreck, vessel
Sunk as a reef1 June 1996
Seabed depth25.6 m (84 ft) below MLLW
Position33.3903°N, 78.1842°W (approximate, ±50 m)
From Cape Fear point, Bald Head Island54 km (34 mi), bearing 202° SSW
SourceNC DMF Artificial Reef Guide

How to see it

Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Cape Fear point, Bald Head Island, 54 km (34 mi) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.

Point your phone at the real thing. The CoastFinder app draws this shipwreck over your live camera view from any beach, pier or boat near Cape Fear, with its distance and depth, and it works with no signal.

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Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.