Gwendoline Steers
Tugboat · United States · Lost 1962 · Long Island & the New York Approaches
A gravel-hauling tug lost with all nine hands in an ice storm approaching Huntington Bay in December 1962.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
The Gwendoline Steers hauled gravel from Northport to New York City for the Steers Sand & Gravel Company. On December 30, 1962, she sank in an ice storm in Long Island Sound near Huntington Bay with the loss of her entire crew of nine; the exact cause was never firmly established. She had run aground a week earlier. The wreck lies intact and upright and is a popular, accessible dive today.
Vessel
- 1888
- John H. Dialogue & Son
- Camden, New Jersey
- Iron
- 97 ft
- 21 ft
- 148
- Diesel (converted from steam), single screw
- Steers Sand & Gravel Company
Loss
- December 30, 1962
- Not established
- Long Island Sound, approaching the mouth of Huntington Bay, New York
- Long Island Sound
- Not established
- Not established
- 9
- 9
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- 20-55
- Intact and upright
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
Position
- 40.90° N 73.41° W
- General area only
- Huntington Bay, New York
General area only: coordinate of Huntington Bay from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel (approaching the mouth of Huntington Bay), not a surveyed wreck position.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (78/100)
The precise cause of sinking is not established in the sources reviewed.
Build history, ownership, loss date, casualties.
Loss circumstances and wreck condition.
USGS Geographic Names Information System (via MyTopo) — Huntington Bay
coordinate of the named place of loss (mouth of Huntington Bay)
