Built as a wooden hulled steam ship by Birely, Hill & Streaker at Philadelphia for W.P.Clyde & Co, Philadelphia.
Launched as the DELAWARE.
Tonnage 1.645 gross, dim. 252 x 37 x 17.8ft.
One two cylinder steam engine 600hp.
1880 Completed.
On 9 July 1898 on a voyage from New York to Jacksonville with a cargo of general merchandise, 29 passengers and 41 crew, when fire was discovered off Barnegat.
The crew and passengers abandoned the DELAWARE and were all safely picked up.
The DELAWARE slipped beneath the waves and was lost about three miles off Point Pleasant when she was towed up by a tug to the shore the next morning.
The crew were commended for their courage and discipline, as the evacuation was very orderly, women and children first, followed by the men passengers, the crew and finally Capt. A.D. Ingram.
She now lies beneath 75 feet of seawater just a few miles out of Manasquan Inlet. Although she was burned to the waterline before she sank, the wreck is definitely recognizable as the remains of a ship with her boilers, engine and propeller shaft providing good reference points for navigation for divers.
Despite the popularity of this site by divers, a bit of digging (and a little luck) will still turn interesting artefacts.
Bahamas 1999 15c sg1184, scott?
Source: http://www.njscuba.com/wrecks/Delaware/index.html Lloyds List 1891-1992, R. Grant Vancouver Maritime Museum. D. Rodlie.