SS James Eagan Layne
She was built by the Delta Shipbuilding Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana in 1944 and was operated by the United States Navigation Company, of New York City.The final voyage of the James Eagan Layne was in convoy BTC-103[1] to carry 4,500 tons of US Army Engineers' equipment from Barry, Wales, to Ghent, in Belgium.She was beached in Whitsand Bay Cornwall, but subsequently settled on the bottom and was declared a total loss.[6][7] James Eagan Layne is situated 540 metres (1,770 ft) east of the wreck of HMS Scylla - in 22m of water with her bows at 50°19.602′N 4°14.714′W / 50.326700°N 4.245233°W / 50.326700; -4.245233.To celebrate this anniversary, the Liberty 70 Project was started with the aim of researching and documenting all aspects of the life of this vessel - wartime transport, shipwreck, commercial salvage, the classic UK wreck dive and artificial reef.
James Eagan LayneNew York CityDelta Shipbuilding CorporationNew Orleans, Louisianahorsepowerliberty shipSecond World WarWhitsand BayCornwallUnited States Navigation CompanyReinhard HardegenUS Army Engineers'dive siteHMS ScyllaUK Hydrographic OfficeRichard LarnWayback MachineShipwrecksUSS HannibalU-3519HMAS Steady HourU-3508Nagara MaruAlbert BallinU-1302Amiral CharnerSperrbrecher 18USS BassV 315 BrisHMS SealionTaber ParkHugo ZeyeU-1021USS LancetfishHMCS GuysboroughEmpire BlessingSamselbuHakuyo MaruHMS LapwingGneisenauUSS S-21TomozuruHMAS TerkaU-1003ZähringenUSS SkylarkUSS TriggerCha-156KommandørenU-1106U-1169U-1131U-1167U-2340USS KeteUSS GuitarroUSS PiranhaU-1201BrünhildeUSS FranklinRyūhōUSS SpadefishUSS HalliganHMS PuffinHMCS TemeU-1197USS CaseUSS Coos BayUSS SpotFebruary 1945April 1945Recreational dive sitesAkumalAliwal Shoal Marine Protected AreaAliwal ShoalAmed (Bali)Apo IslandApo ReefArrecifes de Cozumel National ParkBay of PigsBelize Barrier ReefBiscayne National ParkBohol SeaBowie SeamountBunakenBunaken National ParkCahuita National ParkCalve IslandCapurganáĊirkewwaCliff Villa PeninsulaCozumelDhilba Guuranda-Innes National ParkEdmonds Underwater ParkEl Ikhwa IslandsFalse BayGħar QawqlaGili IslandsGreat Barrier ReefGreat Southern ReefGuadalupe Island Biosphere ReserveHol Chan Marine ReserveiSimangaliso Marine Protected AreaSodwana BayJohn Pennekamp Coral Reef State ParkKadmat IslandKo TaoLighthouse ReefMantanani IslandsMalapascuaMartin's HavenMarsa AlamMolasses ReefMolokiniNeptune IslandsOsprey ReefPalancar ReefPanglao, BoholPescador IslandPetit Saint VincentPoor Knights IslandsPorteau Cove Provincial ParkPuerto GaleraPunta CanaRas Muhammad National ParkRondo Island