Shipwrecks of the Jersey Shore: Secrets Buried Beneath the Sand and Sea

Long Branch City Historical Lecture Series · January 30, 2026

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Lecture opens with recent sailboat grounding and anecdote about Lawrence Koehler

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Presenter (unnamed; first speaker) opens noting a recent sailboat that ran aground near Seagirt/Northern Seager (owner named Larry Koehler), recounts the owner's navigation by cellphone and that he received a 30-day limit under New Jersey law before a vessel may be declared abandoned, and frames this as an entry into broader shipwreck stories along the New Jersey coast.

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Public lecture in Long Branch City on regional shipwreck history, diving discoveries, and artifact recoveries, featuring local journalists and divers; included accounts of U-869, Andrea Doria artifacts, and the Adonis/Rustling dual wrecks.

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