Zane Grey
Liberty Ship · United States · Lost 1974 · The Outer Banks
A WWII Liberty ship stripped down and deliberately sunk off Oregon Inlet as an artificial reef, still a working dive and fishing site today.
Clarence A Corbett
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built as one of the mass-produced Liberty ships by the California Shipbuilding Corporation, Zane Grey served as wartime dry cargo tonnage before being decommissioned. On December 12, 1974, stripped of her superstructure, she was sunk at Oregon Inlet Reef (AR-160) as part of North Carolina's artificial reef program, where she rests near the Liberty ship Dionysus.
Vessel
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- California Shipbuilding Corporation
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- Steel
- 441 ft
- 57 ft
- 7191
- Triple expansion steam, oil-fired
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Loss
- December 12, 1974
- Intentional sinking
- Oregon Inlet Reef (AR-160), about 4 miles southeast of the Oregon Inlet sea buoy, North Carolina
- Atlantic Ocean
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The Wreck Today
- 40-80
- Stripped hull typical of reef-program Liberty ships, cut down near or above the upper deck level.
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- North Carolina artificial reef program (AR-160)
Position
- 35.73° N 75.45° W
- Approximate position
- Oregon Inlet, North Carolina
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (65/100)
Original launch year, wartime service record, and cause of decommissioning are not established in the sources reviewed.
Build type, dimensions, sinking date, reef program.
Sinking date, depth range, coordinates.
