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Proteus Wreck is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in USA, North Carolina, Cape Lookout which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

Proteus Wreck

Name: USS Tarpon (SS-175)
Builder:	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down:	22 December 1933
Launched:	4 September 1935
Commissioned:	12 March 1936
Decommissioned:	15 November 1945
Struck:	5 September 1956
Fate:	
Sold for breaking up, 8 June 1957; foundered off Cape Hatteras, 26 August 1957

General characteristics
Class and type:	Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:	
1,316 tons (1,337 t) standard, surfaced
1,968 tons (2,000 t) submerged
Length:	
287 ft 0 in (87.48 m) (waterline),[4] 298 ft 0 in (90.83 m) (overall)[5]
Beam:	25 ft ¾ in (7.6 m)[3]
Draft:	13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)[5]
Propulsion:	
(as built) 4 × Winton Model 16-201A 16-cylinder two-cycle diesel engines, 1,300 hp (970 kW) each, driving electrical generators through reduction gears
2x120-cell Exide VL31B batteries
4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors, total 2,085 hp (1,555 kW)
three General Motors six-cylinder four-cycle 6-228 auxiliary diesels[7]
(re-engined 1942) 4 × GM two-cycle Model 12-278A diesels, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each
two shafts
4,300 shp (3.2 MW) surfaced
2,085 shp (1.6 MW) submerged
Speed:	19.5 knots (36 km/h) surfaced
8.25 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Range:	6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
21,000 nautical miles (39,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) with fuel in the main ballast tanks
(bunkerage 85,946-86,675 U.S. gallons {325,592-328,353 liters})
Endurance:	10 hours at 5 knots (9.3 km/h), 36 hours at minimum speed submerged
Test depth:	250 ft (76 m)
Complement:	5 officers, 49 enlisted
Armament:	6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft, 16 torpedoes)
(two external bow torpedo tubes added 1942; total 18 torpedoes)
1 × 4-inch (102mm)/50 caliber deck gun
two 0.3" (7.62mm) machineguns



Tarpon Wreck



4.4 nm from Cape Lookout Shoal buoy R"2"

AR-285 - "NANCY LEE" is also known as George Summerlin Reef AR-285 - 130' steel hull fishing vessel "NANCY LEE".

AR-285 - "NANCY LEE"

Concrete pipe: 605 pieces, 60" by 8'
34° 33.567' / 076° 26.250'

Concrete pipe: 50 large pieces
34° 33.467' / 076° 26.300' and
34° 33.500' / 076° 26.283'

High Profile units: 10
34° 33.350' / 076° 26.333'

Reef Balls®: 100
34° 33.383' / 076° 26.383' to 
34° 33.350' / 076° 26.400'

Manhole sections and risers: 80 pieces
34° 33.378' / 076° 26.204'

4.4 nm from Cape Lookout Shoal buoy R"2"

AR-285 - Buoy is also known as George Summerlin Reef AR-285 - Buoy.

AR-285 - Buoy



2.0 nm from the north end of Drum Inlet Warning: Drum Inlet is not a maintained inlet. Please exercise caution when using this inlet.

AR-275 - "GULF COAST" is also known as Billy Smith Reef AR-275 - 130' menhaden vessel  "GULF COAST".

AR-275 - "GULF COAST"

Concrete pipe: 740 pieces 48" by 8'
34° 50.067' / 076° 17.017' to 
34° 50.033' / 076° 17.017' and 
34° 50.100' / 075° 16.983'

Reef Balls®: 100 in one tight group
34° 50.083' / 076° 17.033' to 
34° 50.133' / 076° 17.066'

5 birdhouse stands, 1/2 "H" unit, 5 inshore sinkers, 10 "H" unit molds
34° 50.100' / 076° 16.800'

APAC concrete mixing drum
34° 50.085' / 076° 16.801'

Concrete pipe: 179 tons
34° 50.127' / 076° 16.729' to 
34°50.148' / 076° 16.739'

2.0 nm from the north end of Drum Inlet Warning: Drum Inlet is not a maintained inlet. Please exercise caution when using this inlet.

AR-275 - Buoy is also known as Billy Smith Reef AR-275 - Buoy.

AR-275 - Buoy



2.0 nm from the north end of Drum Inlet Warning: Drum Inlet is not a maintained inlet. Please exercise caution when using this inlet

AR-275 - "MISS CLARA" is also known as Billy Smith Reef AR-275 - 65' crew boat "MISS CLARA".

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