August 7th - R.P. Resor

[Wayne at DiveSeekers]

To all those that are interested, we have room on our charter to the R.P. Resor on August 7th 2010.

The charter is on the Gypsy Blood out of Brielle with a departure time of 6 am.

The Resor is a "must dive" off of the Jersey coast. Generally there is great viz and is a good hunting wreck (scallops, lobster etc..).

Feel free to sign up on Diveseekers.com!!


R.P. Resor TSC-NJW-080710 * Dive with Diveseekers.com 888-SCUBA-47

 

[RJP]

To all those that are interested, we have room on our charter to the R.P. Resor on August 7th 2010.

The charter is on the Gypsy Blood out of Brielle with a departure time of 6 am.

The Resor is a "must dive" off of the Jersey coast. Generally there is great viz and is a good hunting wreck (scallops, lobster etc..).

Feel free to sign up on Diveseekers.com!!


R.P. Resor TSC-NJW-080710 * Dive with Diveseekers.com 888-SCUBA-47

Wayne is right - if you've never done the Resor, you must get out there. You can't say you've dove NJ until you've done this one! The Resor was put down as part of the German Artificial Reef Program of the early 40's...

At 06.36 hours on 27 Feb, 1942, the unescorted R.P. Resor (Master Frederick Marcus) was hit by one torpedo from U-578 about 20 miles east of Manasquan Inlet, New Jersey, while steaming blacked out on a zigzag course at 12.5 knots. The torpedo struck on the port side just forward of amidships and blew oil over the entire length of the ship and into the water. The oil ignited and flames rapidly spread 500 feet around the tanker as the eight officers, 33 crewmen and eight armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in gun) tried to abandon ship. One boat with about 30 occupants was launched successfully but was soon engulfed in flames, other men perished as they tried to swim through the oil. One crewman and one armed guard were picked up by the picket boat USCGC CG-4344 and landed at the Manasquan US Coast Guard station.

The burning tanker stayed afloat until the tug USS Sagamore (AT 20) attempted to salvage her. She capsized after the stern grounded in 122 feet of water and sank almost 48 hours after the torpedo hit about 31 miles east of Barnegat, New Jersey.

Text courtesy of uboat.net