Name: Ft. Fisher

Date Sunk: 2018

Size: 98.4 x 26.2 x 13.3

Type: Towing Vessel (tug boat)

Cause: artificial reef program

Depth: 50ft

Charter: Inshore, 45 minutes from inlet

History:

The Fort Fisher was built in 1956 by the Bethlehem steel company of Staten Island …

Name: Indra

Date Sunk: 1992

Size: 328 x 50 x 14

Type: Landing craft repair ship

Cause: artificial reef program

Depth: 65’

Charter: Inshore, 1 hour from inlet

History:

USS Indra (ARL-37) is an Achelous class landing craft repair ship. She was laid down February …

James J Francesconi Tug (JJF or Army Tug)

Sunk: May, 7 2016

Cause: sunk as part of artificial reef program

Size: 108ft

Depth: 65ft

Charter: inshore charter, 1 hour from inlet.

Dive Site:

The JJF was an Army ocean going tug sunk in 2016 as part of the artificial …

W.E Hutton (Papoose)

Depth: 125 feet

Vessel Type: Tanker

Length: 435.0 feet Breadth: 56.0 feet

Cargo: 65,000 barrels of #2 heating oil

Built: 1920, Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipbuilding Corporation, Alameda, California, USA

Lloyd's Register Details: Steel screw, 2 …

Ario (formerly the Hutton)

Size: 453-0" x 56-2" x 27-1"

Sinking: 03/15/1942 Casualty of WWII sunk by U-158

Charter type: inshore Roughly 1hr 20min from inlet

Depth: 65-75’

Common creatures: Sand Tiger Sharks, sandbar sharks, sea turtles, grouper, flounder, …

Depth: 90-10ft

Length: 426’

Sinking: July 1988 as an Artificial Reef

Charters: offshore roughly 2hrs from inlet

History: The Aeolus was originally laid down as a 426 ft long attack cargo ship by the name of Turandot in April of 1945. In 1954 the Nave repurposed …

Name: Atlas

Type: Tanker 

Size: 446' x 58' x 27' 

Date Sunk: 4/9/1942

Cause: Torpedoed by U-552

Depth: 80-125ft

Charter Type: offshore roughly 2hr 15min from inlet

Description: The Atlas sits on the East Side. She sits on a silty bottom that is easily stirred …

Name: CARIBSEA

Type: Cargo Freighter

Size: 261 x 43x 24

Date Sunk: 3/11/42, Torpedoed by U-158

Depth: 70-90ft

Charter type: offshore roughly 2hrs 15min from inlet

Site Description: The Caribsea lies on what is known as the East side. She is fully intact and a …

Date Sunk: 5/9/1942

Cause: Depth-charged by USCG Icarus 

Size of wreck 218 x 20 x 15

Depth: 115ft

Charter Type: offshore roughly 2.5hrs from inlet

sinking: casualty of WWII

Site Description: It‘s a U-boat! The wreck is intact, sitting on its keel with a strong …