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New Jersey Wreck Dives - Mohawk |
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| Ship's Name | The Mohawk |
| Type | Shipwreck, liner, USA, Clyde-Mallory Lines ( sailing under Ward Lines ) |
| Built | 1926, Newport News VA USA ( Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. ) |
| Circumstances |
The Mohawk was given its name after a previous
ship of the same name belonging to the same company burned and sank in
Delaware Bay in 1925. Another Mohawk is sunk outside the mouth of New
York harbor. Thus there are plenty of Mohawk wrecks in our area. This
does not seem to be a lucky name. Neither was the parent shipping company, Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Lines, very lucky; the previous year, in an incident that is far more well-known than the sinking of the Mohawk, the Morro Castle caught fire and grounded in the surf off Asbury Park, a total loss. (the hulk was eventually towed to a Baltimore wrecker's yard. ) then, just weeks before the Mohawk was lost, the company's Havana grounded on a reef, and the Mohawk was transferred to fill in for the damaged vessel on the New York - Havana - Vera Cruz (Mexico) run. Coincidentally, the Clyde Line also owned the Delaware, sunk nearby some 37 years earlier. |
| Specs | ( 387 x 54 ft ) 5897 gross tons, 163 passengers & crew |
| Depths | 80 ft max |
| Sunk | Thursday January 25, 1935. collision with Norwegian freighter Talisman - 45 casualties |
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