Main - Identifying the Manasquan Wreck

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Main Library
Meeting Room

Event Details

For decades, divers exploring the waters off Manasquan, New Jersey misidentified a local wreck as that of the Thistle. A carefully review of the artifacts recovered over the years by area divers - and an exhaustive search of public records - led to the identification of this enigmatic wreck site.

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Dan Lieb has been employed at Divers Two since 2014. Certified as a PADI SCUBA Diver at age 17 in 1974, Dan has over 2,250 scuba dives from Canada to the Caribbean. He holds a PADI DIVERMASTER certification. He is president of the New Jersey Historical Divers Association, Inc. (NJHDA). A trained technical illustrator, he has worked on 30 archaeological expeditions recording shipwrecks. Dan has identified 14 shipwrecks off New Jersey and lectures extensively on shipwreck history. He ran a mapping expedition for NOAA in 2014 to record the remains of the Coast Survey steamer “Robert J. Walker.” He has written and illustrated numerous articles on New Jersey shipwrecks including Wreck Diving and Skin Diver magazines, and several books on New Jersey wreck diving. Dan appeared on the History Channel’s “Deep Sea Detectives” featuring the sunken locomotives off Long Branch. He is also the director and curator of the New Jersey Shipwreck Museum at InfoAge in Wall, New Jersey, and a member of the Explorers Club.

Event Type(s): Presentation / Lecture
Age Group(s): Adults (18+), All Ages

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