The SS John Morgan is a World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 liberty ship

Liberty ship

Liberty ships were cargo ships built in the United States during World War II. Though British in conception, they were adapted by the U.S. as they were cheap and quick to build, and came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output. Based on vessels ordered by Britain to replace ships torpedoed by...

 that sank off the coast of Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

 on its maiden voyage on 1 June 1943, after colliding with the SS Montana. It was named after General John T. Morgan. The ship was built at the Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard

The Dive Site

The ship is in approximately 110 fsw, or feet salt water. The shipwreck is largely broken up, but the bow and a structure known as the "hospital" are still recognizable. The ship was on the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 lend-lease program and was filled with many war supplies such as Valentine tank

Valentine tank

The Tank, Infantry, Mk III, Valentine was an infantry tank produced in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. More than 8,000 of the type were produced in 11 different marks plus various purpose-built variants, accounting for approximately a quarter of wartime British tank production...

s, P-39s and vast amounts of ammunition.

The G.P.S coordinates are 27033.1, 41391.0