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Santore
 Va Beach, VA
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Max Depth: 51-60ft/16-18m
Entry Type: Boat
Bottom Composition: Sand
Aquatic Life: Might See Something
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Rating: 3.00 by 3 divers
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Santore is a boat accessible salt water dive site, located in Va Beach, VA. This dive site has an average rating of 3.00 out of 5 from 3 scuba divers. The maximum depth is 51-60ft/16-18m.
Year Built 1918
Date Sunk 17 June 1942
Depth 60 feet
Gross Tonnage 7,117
Dimensions 449’ x 57’ x 34’
Vessel Type Bulk Cargo Carrier
Power Oil F ired Steam
Builder Bethlehem Steel, Sparrow Point MD
Owner Ore Steam Ship Co.
Location 27117.0 41276.9
Home Port New York NY
Cause of Sinking Mined by U-701
In Brief
The Santore was returning to Chile with her holds full of coal when the one remaining mine in a channel that had been swept and declared "clean" blew a hole in her portside. The ship sank in less than 3 minutes, giving the crew no time to launch life boats. Forty three men were picked up from the sea and three were missing and presumed killed in the explosion or drown.
Because the ship was a hazard to navigation it was blown to pieces by the US Coast Guard Cutter Gentian and there was nothing left recognizable as a marine vessel, except for the boilers which can be identified, but that doesn’t seem to bother the marine life, nice dive for lobster and spearfishing.
Source "Shipwrecks of Virginia" Gary Gentile 1992
36 53.712N 75 46.256W
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http://www.capt-jt.com/Wreck_Info.htmThis site is only 7miles out and has been wire dragged, it sits in 50-55 fsw and does not look like a wreck. I prefer to dive someplace else. Vessel is a BulkCargo Carrier 449 x 57 x 34