The Persephone Shipwreck New York and New Jersey's (Wreck Valley)

The Persephone Shipwreck New York and New Jersey's (Wreck Valley)

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PERSEPHONE

The Persephone was a468 foot long by 63.2 foot wide tanker, owned by the Panama Transport Company. She was built by Fried. Krupp Germaniawerft Act. Ges. in Germany and displaced8,426 gross tons.

On May 25, 1942,while en route from Aruba to New York, travelling in convoy with a cargo of90,000 barrels of fuel oil under the command of Captain Helge Quistgaard, she was struck in the stern by two German torpedoes fired from the U-593. The tanker sank stern first, taking nine of her 37 crew to a watery grave. Captain Quistgaard was the last to abandon ship. He did so only after gathering all of his navigational equipment. The Captain, after being picked up by a Coast Guard vessel, requested and was returned to the wreck's bow where he recovered 23bags of U.S. mail. Since the depth of water at this site is relatively shallow, her bow was able to stay above water even after her stern had become fully embedded in the ocean floor.

A salvage operation separated the Persephone's bow from her demolished sunken stern and towed it to New York. Almost 20,000 barrels of oil were recovered.

This was not the end of the story. The bow of the Persephone was eventually towed to Baltimore where it was fitted to the stern of the Esso tanker, Livingston Roe. The Roe's bow had been severely damaged by fire, but after some time in the shipyards and anew bow section from the Persephone, she was able to sail again.

The wreck of the Persephone's stern is now a scattered junk heap sitting in 55 feet of water, three miles out of Barnegat Inlet. The wreck is good for lobster diving, and spearfishing black fish and sea bass.

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