Site de plongée
Atlantic, off Morehead City, North Carolina, USA
U-352
Profondeur typique
35m
- Type
- Épave
- Profondeur typique
- 35 m
- Niveau
- Advanced
- Visibilité
- 15–30 m
- Température
- 18–27 °C
- Courant
- Moderate
- Accès
- Open access
- Niveau requis
- Advanced Open Water + deep specialty. Lists ~45° to starboard at 35 m; pressure hull is intact and the wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places — penetration is not practiced and artefact recovery is prohibited.
- Wreck
- Deep Wreck
- War Grave
- Historic
- Submarine
- Sand Tiger Sharks
- No Penetration
Quand plonger
IdéalÀ éviterCorrect
North Carolina's Crystal Coast — Gulf Stream water makes the U-boat warm and clear from late spring to autumn. Winter brings cold water and rough seas off Cape Lookout. ~26 nautical miles offshore from Morehead City.
34.2117° N, 76.6383° W
Notes
Type VIIC U-boat sunk on 9 May 1942 by USCGC Icarus depth charges. 67 m, listing ~45° to starboard at 35 m; intact pressure hull and listed on the National Register of Historic Places — penetration not practiced.
Faune marine
- Sharks
- sand tiger shark — resident on the wreck most of the year
- Pelagics
- barracuda, mahi-mahi pass
- Reef fish
- amberjack, snapper, tomtate
- Invertebrates
- encrusting hydroid and sponge growth on the conning tower
Épave
- Navire
- U-352
- Classe
- Type VIIC U-boat
- Origine
- Nazi Germany (Kriegsmarine)
- Coulé
- 1942 — sunk by depth charges from USCGC Icarus off Cape Lookout, 9 May 1942
- Longueur
- 67 m
- Pénétration
- Déconseillée
Clubs de plongée qui visitent ce site
- Discovery Divingsource
Beaufort, NC, USA · Centre de plongée
- Olympus Dive Centersource
Morehead City, NC, USA · Bateau journée
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