Bronx Queen
Submarine Chaser, Later Party Fishing Boat · United States · Lost 1989 · Long Island & the New York Approaches
A WWII wooden submarine chaser turned party fishing boat that sank suddenly off Breezy Point in 1989, killing two.
The Vessel and Her Loss
Built in 1942 by Mathis Yacht Building as the Navy subchaser SC-635, the vessel later passed to the Coast Guard and was eventually converted into the charter fishing boat Bronx Queen. On December 20, 1989, she foundered suddenly off Breezy Point, New York, after a structural failure in her modified aft hull. The Coast Guard rescued all 19 aboard, though two later died from exposure and a heart attack.
Vessel
- 1942
- SC-635
- Mathis Yacht Building Company
- Camden, New Jersey
- Wood
- 112 ft
- 18 ft
- 99
- Diesel, twin screw
- Not established
Loss
- December 20, 1989
- Mechanical failure
- Off Breezy Point, Rockaway, New York
- Atlantic Ocean, New York Bight
- Not established
- Not established
- 19
- 2
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- 35 ft
- Low-lying, scattered wreckage
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
Position
- 40.56° N 73.91° W
- General area only
- Breezy Point, Rockaway, New York
General area only: coordinate of Breezy Point from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel, not a surveyed wreck position.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (72/100)
njscuba.net dive site directory
Build history, conversion, loss date and cause, casualties, depth.
USGS Geographic Names Information System (via MyTopo) — Breezy Point (Cape)
coordinate of the named place of loss (Breezy Point)
