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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 upside dow
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Suloide
60 - 65 ft.
18 - 20 m
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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.
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W.E. Hutton
60 - 70 ft.
18 - 21 m
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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.
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North Carolina's Crystal Coast is well-known for fishing and SCUBA diving. Crystal Coast diving is mostly shipwrecks and artificial reef structures.
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Member Reviews
by LesNixon, Good site when Gulf Stream is close in
I've been on this site twice. The 1st time the Gulf Stream was in close and visibility was good (60 - 80'). There were about 25 -30 Sand Tigers on the site. The 2nd time vis was poor at 20 -25' and currents were strong.
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by joediver815, Awesome
This was one of my first deep actual shipwrecks, and it quickly became one of my favorites; if for nothing else, the many, many sandtiger sharks that patrol the hull. Make no mistake, although they tend to shy away, and won't bother you too much, occa...
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by crash, This wreck is small and you will have plenty of bottom time to see all of it.
Multi-level the dive to get maximum Bottom time.
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