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Be 3 Bottom Be 3 Bottom Sturdy Crew Salvage Old Shipwreck
Be 3 Bottom Be 3 Bottom Sturdy a 26 foot fishing boat from Point Pleasant N J and a crew of four amateur skin divers salvage a sunken 19th century brigantine off Manasquan The divers award 85 percent to themselves and keep the rest for New Jersey items salvaged include wooden barrels brass door knockers ingots and pewter totaling nearly seven tons Samples go to Lloyds London and the Smithsonian for study and the wreck is marked by a salvage buoy
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Point Pleasant
N. J
New Jersey
Manasquan
Jack Baker
Jack Homer
Robert White
Robert Franklin
State of
Bob Franklin
Lloyd's of London
Smithsonian Institution
London