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EcoGuide Florida Keys | Wreck Trek
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Florida Keys Wreck Trek
by Richard H. Stewart
AUTHOR/PUBLISHER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

WIth the addition of the Vandenberg, the Florida Keys “Wreck Treck” now totals ten in all. Most of the wreck dives are within the acceptable “open water” standards but require “advanced open water” in many instances. Following is a list of wrecks, in each district, as well as dive operators that serve the area.

Key Largo

Spiegel Grove: Length: 510'.
Vessel Type: Landing-ship-dock liberty ship.
Year Sunk: June 10, 2002, Depth: 130'.

Benwood: Length Overall: 360'.
Vessel Type: Freighter.
Year Sunk: 1941, Depth: 50'.

Key Largo, Tavernier
& Islamorada

Bibb and Duane: Length Overall: 327'.
Vessel Type: Treasury Class U.S. Coast Guard cutter.
Year Sunk: Nov. 27, 1987
Max. Depth: Bibb 130, Duane 120'.

Eagle: Length Overall: 269'.
Vessel Type: Freighter.
Year Sunk: Dec. 19, 1985, Depth: 110'.

Marathon

Thunderbolt
Length Overall: 188'.
Vessel Type: Cable layer
Year Sunk: March 3, 1986, Depth: 120'.

Big Pine

Adolphus Busch: Length Overall: 210'.
Vessel Type: Freighter.
Year Sunk: Dec. 5, 1998, Depth: 105'.

Key West

Cayman Salvager: Length Overall: 187'.
Vessel Type: U.S. Coast Guard steel-hulled buoy tender.
Year Sunk: August 1985, Depth: 90'.

Joe's Tug: Length Overall: 65'.
Vessel Type: Steel tugboat.
Year Sunk: Jan. 21, 1989, Max. Depth: 60'.

Vandenberg: Length Overall: 522’.
Vessel Type: Missile Tracker
Year Sunk: May 2009, Depth: 90'.

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