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Corey N Chris

Dredge · United States · Lost 1986 · Florida's Atlantic Coast

A World War II-era Army dredge, later renamed by a reef-naming contest, sunk off Pompano Beach and unexpectedly joined two years later by another wreck landing directly on top of her.

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Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Built in 1942 by the Nashville Bridge Company for the U.S. Army as dredge BC-246, the vessel later worked as the Trident before being retired. Renamed Corey N Chris after the sons of a Boca Raton man who won a naming contest, she was scuttled off Pompano Beach on May 18, 1986. Two years later, almost to the day, the freighter Ronald B. Johnson was sunk nearby and unexpectedly came to rest draped across her mid-section, creating one of South Florida's most distinctive deep dive complexes.

Vessel

Built: 1942
Builder: Nashville Bridge Company
Yard: Not established
Material: Steel
Length: 120 ft
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Unpowered/dredge, no independent propulsion at loss
Owners: U.S. Army (originally); Broward County / Pompano Beach Fishing Rodeo (at loss)

Loss

Date: May 18, 1986
Cause: Intentional sinking
Location: Off Pompano Beach, Florida
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: 0
Lives lost: 0
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: 185-270
Condition: Upright, oriented east-west; the Ronald B. Johnson wreck later came to rest draped across her mid-section.
Orientation: Bow west
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established