Identification of the wreck of the U.S.C.S.S. Robert J. Walker off Atlantic City, New Jersey / prepared by James P. Delgado [and nine others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Delgado, James P., creator.

Contributor:

United States. National Ocean Service. Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robert J. Walker (Ship)--History.

Robert J. Walker (Ship).

Shipwrecks--New Jersey--Atlantic Coast.

Shipwrecks.

Shipwrecks--North Atlantic Ocean.

Underwater archaeology--New Jersey--Atlantic Coast.

Underwater archaeology.

Underwater exploration--New Jersey--Atlantic Coast.

Underwater exploration.

Multibeam mapping--New Jersey--Atlantic Coast.

Multibeam mapping.

Marine accidents--New Jersey--Atlantic Coast--History.

Marine accidents.

New Jersey--Atlantic Coast.

North Atlantic Ocean.

Genre:

Online resources.

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (55 pages) : color illustrations, color maps

Other Title:

U.S.C.S.S. Robert J. Walker off Atlantic City, New Jersey

Place of Publication:

Silver Spring, Maryland : NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, 2013.

Summary:

"From June 21 to 24, 2013, a NOAA team from the Office of Coast Survey and the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries conducted a joint mission to characterize a shipwreck off the coast of New Jersey near Absecon Inlet and Atlantic City. While known to and regularly visited by recreational SCUBA divers, the shipwreck was brought to NOAA's attention by archaeologist Joyce Steinmetz, who hypothesized that it was the remains of the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer Robert J. Walker. However, the shipwreck had not undergone any archaeological assessment to provide evidence to either affirm or refute this identification. During the June 2013 fieldwork, hydrographers on the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson surveyed the site and its surroundings with high-resolution multibeam and side-scan sonar. This work was followed by a close order side scan sonar survey and archaeological SCUBA dives conducted from the NOAA R/V SRVx that acoustically and visually characterized the shipwreck and its debris field. The data gathered by the project confirmed that the shipwreck was U.S.C.S.S. Robert J. Walker, lost off Absecon Inlet on June 21, 1860"--Abstract

Notes:

"July 2013."

Includes bibliographical references (pages, 54-55).

Title from title screen (viewed on October 17, 2013).

OCLC:

861007903