
COORDINATES:
26876.1, 41754.6
Sunk 16 April 1960, the Ethel C. was a Lebanese freighter
that had departed New York on a transatlantic voyage when her
cargo of scrap iron shifted, breaching her hull. Named after the
wife of the ship's owner, she slipped quickly beneath the surface
when pumps could not keep up with the incoming water. She came to
rest upright in ~190' of water with her wheelhouse encountered at
140'. The wreck is intact and impressive, though showing signs of
her immersion in the corrosive ocean. Her mid ship wheelhouse was
quickly relieved of her navigation equipment and most of her
portholes. In fact, there are twisted bulkheads on the aft side
of the superstructure where some impatient divers have rigged
chains to rip out portholes. The stern superstructure probably
would still yield the artifacts that adorned the bulkheads and
living spaces.