Oregon

Oregon

The Oregon was a luxury liner sunk in March 14, 1886 after striking an unknown schooner at the end of a voyage from Liverpool, England bound for NY. She was 518 feet long with a beam of 54 feet. Powered by a coal fired steam engine and four sails, she could make 19 knots ferrying passengers across the Atlantic. She sits upright but heavily broken down in 130 feet of water 21 miles off the coast of Fire Island, NY. I dove this wreck back in the summer of 2001 on our return trip from diving the Andrea Doria.

Andrew Donn's SCUBA Diving Web Site

Wrecks

	Araby Maid
	Baja Calf.
	Curb
	Andrea Doria
	Kendrick
	Lancing
	Monitor
	Oil
	Oregon
	San Diego
	Rhein
	S16
	U2513
	Wilkes

	Porthole A brass porthole lies among the wreckage.
	Diver A diver explores the engine of the Oregon wreck.
	Growth This wreck is heavily grown over due to it age. The structure to the left in this image is the engine.
	Dinner These two lobsters recovered from the wreck will make a nice dinner.
	Scooter A diver scooters the wreck of the Oregon.
	Anemone It is hard to make out most of the wreck's surface due to heavy anemone growth.
	Winch This image is of the large bow winch on the Oregon.
	Photo My buddy Tami gets some photographs of the Oregon.
	Fish As I shoot some pictures of this anemone, a fish darts out to see what all the action is about.
	PTO Tami sets up to take an image of this power-take-off gear on the main drive shaft.
	Steering This massive wheel is part of the steering mechanism for this vessel.
	Diver A diver explores the wreck on his scooter. The water was very green on this dive.
	Drive Shaft This is the main drive shaft as it exits the rear of the engine.
	Engine Under all of that growth is the engine of the Oregon.
	Dinner Barney plays with his food as we get back on the dive boat and get ready to head back to shore. Somebody put some water on to boil.

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