Buzzards Bay & Vineyard Sound
Cuttyhunk, the Elizabeth Islands and the Sound
Coasting traffic bound around Cape Cod crowded Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay, threading between the Elizabeth Islands, Sow and Pigs Reef and Hedge Fence Shoal.
Before the Cape Cod Canal opened, this was among the busiest and most dangerous stretches of the American coast, with wrecks on nearly every ledge.
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Records in These Waters
AvailableAngela
AH-WR-1118Westport, Massachusetts
1971 · Barge · 30 deep
AvailableAquatic
AH-WR-1112Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts
1893 · Brig
AvailableArdandhu
AH-WR-1114Naushon Island, Massachusetts
1900 · Freighter · 60 ft deep
AvailableG.M. Winslow
AH-WR-1119Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts
1904 · Tug · 50 ft deep
AvailableHerman Winter
AH-WR-1624Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard
1944 · Coastal Freighter
AvailableHilda Garston
AH-WR-1625Off Gooseberry Neck, Westport
1961 · Scallop Dragger
Historical ListingHMCS St. Francis
AH-WR-2001Westport, Massachusetts
1945 · Destroyer · 58 ft deep
AvailableJohn S. Dwight
AH-WR-1459Nashawena Island / Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts
1923 · Small Freighter
AvailableJoseph Hay
AH-WR-1120Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts
1906 · Schooner
AvailableKershaw
AH-WR-1117East Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
1928 · Freighter · 85 ft deep
AvailableLunet
AH-WR-1113Tarpaulin Cove, Naushon Island, Massachusetts
1898 · Schooner · 60 ft deep
AvailablePemberton
AH-WR-1628Off Nobska Point, Woods Hole
1907 · Schooner Barge
AvailableSeaconnet
AH-WR-1631Southwest of Cuttyhunk Island
1923 · Coastal Collier
AvailableTrojan
AH-WR-1115Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts
1906 · Freighter · 110 ft deep
Historical ListingUSS Yankee
AH-WR-1682Round Hill Point, Massachusetts
1908 · Auxiliary Cruiser · Maximum 55 feet deep
Historical ListingVineyard Sound Lightship (LV-73)
AH-WR-1116Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts
1944 · Lightship · 46-80 deep
AvailableWanderer
AH-WR-1121Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts
1924 · Whaling Ship · 20 ft deep
