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COUNTY
SITE NAME
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
DEPTH
PALM BEACH
MIZPAH
26 47.180' N
80 00.960' W
80
PALM BEACH
MURPGHY II BARGE
26 48.130' N
80 01.100' W
75
PALM BEACH
MV MISS LOURDIES
26 19.188' N
80 03.200' W
140
PALM BEACH
PC-1174
26 47.200' N
80 00.970' W
90
PALM BEACH
PRINCESS ANNE
26 47.616' N
80 00.230' W
97
PALM BEACH
RESEARCH TEAM BARGES
26 47.362' N
80 01.000' W
70
PALM BEACH
SEA MIST II
26 57.488' N
79 59.106' W
210
PALM BEACH
SHASHA BOEKANIER
26 45.074' N
80 00.594' W
90
PALM BEACH
SILVINA EXPRESS
26 47.670' N
79 59.170' W
277
PALM BEACH
SKYCLIFFE
26 33.394' N
80 01.077' W
200
PALM BEACH
SPEARMAN'S BARGE
26 47.590' N
80 00.350' W
70
PALM BEACH
ST JACQUES
26 45.115' N
80 00.615' W
90

MIZPAH

PALM BEACH

80

SHIP STEEL 185' YACHT

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26 47.180' N

80 00.960' W

This 185-foot beautiful Greek luxury yacht was built in 1926 for James Elverson Jr, owner of the Philadelphia Enquirer, at a cost of $1.3 million. In her service she took part in many adventures, including polar expeditions, a treasure hunt in Costa Rica and a mysterious scientific cruise to the Galapagos Islands. In 1942, she was turned over to the US Navy for war service as the USS Mizpah (PY-29). The addition of armaments prepared her for duty as a patrol boat. After the war, she was sold and used as a coastal freighter until 1967 where she ended up in Tampa with a broken crankshaft, became a derelict, and was destined for the scrap yard. She was discovered and donated to the US Army Corps of Engineers for use as an artificial reef and was scuttled in 1968. She sits upright with her bow pointing north. Portions of the hull have collapsed due to numerous hurricanes. The wreck is part of the Mizpah Corridor with PC-1174, the Amaryllis and a large barge all connected by a trail of rock and concrete. The northbound current allows divers to easily drift all the wrecks in one dive.

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