Wreck of U-85 - North Carolina

Historic shipwreck in North Carolina, United States. 1941 Type VIIB submarine. Sourced from Wikidata.

Location: North Carolina, United States, North America
Coordinates: 35.916668, -75.216670
Type: wreck

Marine Protected Area: Wildlife Resources Commission Island C 05-06

Nearby Dive Sites in North Carolina

184 menhaden vessel CAPT GREG MICKEY AR-400 (wreck)
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AR-220 - Buoy - 20-35m (wreck)
AR-225 - Buoy
AR-255 - Buoy
AR-302 - 459 Assault Transport Ship YANCEY (wreck)
AR-366 - Buoy
AR-368 - 10 Railroad boxcars (wreck)
AR-368 - 241 barge LC-16 (wreck)
AR-368 - Buoy
AR-372 - 10 Railroad boxcars - 15-30m (wreck)
AR-372 - 2 220 barge (wreck)
AR-376 - 10 Railroad boxcars - 15-30m (wreck)
AR-376 - Buoy
Atlantic Beach Reef AR-315 - 104 US Navy tug TAKOS (reef)

Nearest Dive Centres to Wreck of U-85

Marine Life in North Carolina

Home to 42 recorded species including 38 reef fish, 2 clams & mussels, 2 other.

Notable Species

Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdii) - Reef Fish
Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - Reef Fish
Sea Trout (Salmo trutta) - Reef Fish
American Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) - Reef Fish
brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) - Reef Fish
asian clam (Corbicula fluminea) - Clams & Mussels
Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) - Reef Fish
Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus)
Skipjack Herring (Alosa chrysochloris) - Reef Fish
White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii) - Reef Fish
Threadfin Shad (Dorosoma petenense) - Reef Fish
Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) - Reef Fish
Golden Shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) - Reef Fish
Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) - Reef Fish
Blueback Herring (Alosa aestivalis) - Reef Fish
Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) - Reef Fish
Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) - Reef Fish
Fringed Flounder (Etropus crossotus) - Reef Fish
Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata) - Reef Fish
Wandering Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) - Clams & Mussels