This is a non-intact cargo vessel of the type collier named the Lemuel Burrows. She was sunk at 2:00am on March 3, 1942 by the German U-boat U-404. She was running under blackout conditions within site of Atlantic City when she was hit by the first torpedo. Captain Clark immediately ordered abandon ship, but many seamen lost their lives when she was hit by two more torpedoes, destroying the lifeboats and sinking the ship. She was the first ship known to be sunk by three torpedoes on the American Coast. Only 14 men were rescued, 20 seamen lost their lives on that day.
The Collier is a great wreck to visit. The nooks and crannies of it's rubble makes for a great home for lobsters and fish. Several very large tautogs and sea bass have been seen near the boilers. Definitely one of the better inshore wrecks for fishing and diving.
BUILT: 1917
VESSEL TYPE: Freighter
DIMENSIONS: 437' x 63' 33'
GROSS TONNAGE: 7,610
POWER: Oil Fired Steam
BUILDER: New York Ship Building Corp., Camden, NJ
OWNER: Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates (State of Massachusetts)
PORT OF REGISTRY: Boston, MA
CAUSE OF SINKING: Torpedoed by U-404 (Kapitanleutnant von Bulow)
SUNK: March 14, 1942
DEPTH: 80'