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Advance II
The Advance II lies about eight nautical miles out from the Oregon Inlet sea buoy. The 185-foot ship lies on a sandy bottom at 80 feet. This dive spot is a popular training and certification dive with Nags Head dive operators.
rated, discovered 708 time(s).
Carteret region, North Carolina
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Dionysus
In 1978, the Dionysus was deployed as an artificial reef in AR-160 close to the Liberty Ship, Zane Grey. AR-160 lies four miles southeast from the Oregon Inlet sea buoy. Depths range from 40-80 feet.
rated, discovered 559 time(s).
Carteret region, North Carolina
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Empire Gem
The Empire Gem, sunk by a U-Boat in 1942, rests in 160 feet of water and rises 30 feet off the bottom. This is a dive for experienced, advanced, wreck divers.
rated, discovered 544 time(s).
Carteret region, North Carolina
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Hyde
In May of 1988, the 215-foot Hyde was deployed by the NC Department of Marine Fisheries in AR-386 located about 15 miles off Wrightsville Beach.
rated, discovered 558 time(s).
Carteret region, North Carolina
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Markham
The Markham is a 320-foot US Army Corps of Engineers dredge that was sunk in the Artificial Reef area AR-386 close to the Hyde dredge.
rated, discovered 568 time(s).
Carteret region, North Carolina
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Normannia
The Danish freighter, Normannia, served less than thirty years before meeting its demise on the Frying Pan Shoals forty miles offshore of southern North Carolina.
rated, discovered 543 time(s).
Carteret region, North Carolina
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Papoose
On the night of March 18, 1942, the Papoose was returning to Corpus Christi when she was struck on her port side by a Torpedo. The ship capsized and sank to the bottom at about 120 feet 30 miles southeast of Morehead City. Today, the ship rests upsid
rated, discovered 539 time(s).
Carteret region, North Carolina
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Proteus Wreck
In August 1918, the Proteus collided with a tanker off Cape Hatteras and now rests in 125 feet of water about 25 miles south of the Hatteras Inlet.
rated, discovered 545 time(s).
Carteret region, North Carolina
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Spar, U.S.C.G.
The 183-foot Coast Guard buoy tender was deployed in June 2004 in the Carteret County Sportfishing Artificial Reef (AR-305). The Spar lies just over 20 miles from the Beaufort Inlet sea buoy, approximately 30 miles offshore of Morehead City.
rated, discovered 515 time(s).
Carteret region, North Carolina
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Suloide
On March 26, 1943, the freighter Suloide ran aground on the wreckage of the W.E. Hutton, a tanker sunk just one year earlier by the notorious U-124. The Suloide now lies in 65 feet of water southeast or Morehead City.
rated, discovered 532 time(s).
Carteret region, North Carolina
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USS Tarpon Wreck
The U.S.S. Tarpon is an American submarine that served in the Pacific during World War II. She sank off Cape Hatteras in 1957 and now rests in 140 feet of water.
rated, discovered 541 time(s).
Carteret region, North Carolina
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W.E. Hutton
The W. E. Hutton was a tanker transporting fuel oil from Texas to Pennsylvania. In March of 1942, the German U-124 successfully fired upon and sank the Hutton just south of Morehead City.
rated, discovered 508 time(s).
Carteret region, North Carolina
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Zane Grey
The Zane Grey is one of many Liberty Ships from World War II that have been deployed in artificial reef programs. The Zane Gray is in 40 to 60 feet with a maximum depth of 80 feet.
rated, discovered 546 time(s).
Carteret region, North Carolina
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