Bow 34° 16.663' / 076° 38.685' 
Stern 34° 16.627' / 076° 38.663'

18.5 nm from the Beaufort Inlet sea buoy

AR-305 - SPAR is also known as AR-305 - 183' USCG Buoy Tender "SPAR".

AR-305 - SPAR

The Aeolus was intentionally sunk in 1988 30 miles from shore. Since then sand tiger sharks and many angelfish have called the ship home. The Aeolus is lying on its starboard side. Great wreck diving and easy penetration.

Bow 34° 16.700' / 076° 38.592' 
Stern 34° 16.683' / 076° 38.650'

USS Aeolus (ARC-3) began service as USS Turandot (AKA-47), an Artemis-class attack cargo ship built by the Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc. of Providence, Rhode Island. In the mid-1950s, she was converted into a cable repair ship to support the SOSUS program. She performed cable duties for nearly thirty years.
During her career, Aeolus received three Meritorious Unit Commendations (in 1970, 1971, and 1973). Aeolus continued performing cable installations and repairs until 1985, when she was decommissioned and placed in the James River reserve fleet near Ft. Eustis, VA. In 1987 she was transferred to the State of North Carolina, and in 1988 was sunk to form an artificial reef.

Name:	        USS Aeolus
Launched:	20 May 1945
Recommissioned:	14 March 1955
Decommissioned:	1985
Reclassified:	T-ARC-3, 1973
Struck:	        28 March 1985
Motto:	        Ubique (Latin: "Everywhere")
Class and type:	Artemis-class attack cargo ship
Displacement:	4,087 long tons (4,153 t) light
                7,080 long tons (7,194 t) full
Length:	        439 ft (134 m)
Beam:	        58 ft (18 m)
Draft:	        19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion:	Turbo-electric, two shafts
Speed:	        16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph)


The Aeolus is available by a 1-1/2 to 2 hour boat ride from Morehead City/Beaufort.

AR-305 - AEOLUS is also known as AR-305 - 439' US Navy Cable Layer "AEOLUS".

AR-305 - AEOLUS





U-352 Wreck is also known as Submarine (VII-C), German Sub U-352.

U-352 Wreck

Schurz 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.

Schurz Wreck

Great dive! The Papoose is lying almost upside down with only the tip of her port deck sticking up from the sand. Not only is the wreck massive and amazing, but barracuda, sand tiger sharks, and reef sharks are constantly in the area.

SS Papoose was a oil tanker built in 1921 by the Southwestern Shipbuilding in San Pedro, California as SS Silvanus. As Silvanus, the ship was under Dutch ownership in 1926 when it collided with the tanker Thomas H. Wheeler in the Mississippi River, resulting in the death of 26 seamen. The Silvanus was declared a total loss and rebuilt in Beaumont, Texas. It started operating as the Papoose for the Petroleum Navigation Company in Houston, Texas in March 1927. In March 1942, it was attacked by German U-boat U-124 off the coast of Cape Lookout, North Carolina. 

NOTE: The shipwreck described here is actually W. E. HUTTON. SIDCO research divers proved this by archival research in early 1998 using research materials provide to us by Paul Branch, Historian, Fort Macon State Park. The original war diaries from U-124 (Mohr)state that her bridge crew watched the tanker they had just torpedoed, which had identified herself as HUTTON on 600 meter band distress freq, sink in "30-40 meters". A second tanker that was originally called "hutton" lies in 72 feet of water. In 2013, SIDCO divers located the third mast on this wreck, proving it is not "hutton", but in fact, S. S. ARIO.

The only way to get to the Papoose is a 3 hour boat ride from Morehead City.

Papoose Wreck

Concrete pipe: 1000 pieces 48" by 8'
34° 18.617' / 076° 24.133'
34° 18.567' / 076° 24.533'
34° 18.467' / 076° 24.567'
34° 18.533' / 076° 24.550'
34° 18.417' / 076° 24.600'
34° 18.600' / 076° 24.550' to 
34° 18.167' / 076° 24.550'

Concrete pipe: 500 pieces 48" by 8'
34° 18.517' / 076° 24.300'
34° 18.633' / 076° 24.150'

21.8 nm from the Beaufort Inlet sea buoy,
500 yards north of buoy R"14"

AR-300 - US Navy Yard Oiler FS-26 is also known as Hardee's Reef AR-300 - 174' US Navy Yard Oiler FS-26.

AR-300 - US Navy Yard Oiler FS-26

Box Wreck

The USS Naeco was sunk by U-124 in 1942. Great dive full of sand tiger sharks, barracuda, and lionfish. Very great wreck. Hard to penetrate though.

The USS Naeco is only avalible by a 3 hour boat ride from Morehead City

USS Naeco

W.E. Hutton Wreck

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



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-305 - SPAR

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at AR-305 - SPAR