Name: Great Issac Navy V-4 Class Tugboat, built in 1944 by General Ship and Engine Works, Boston MA.

Specs: 185' length x 37' 1,117 Tons

Depth: 85'-90'

Profile: Rests on her port side with half of her hull exposed above the sea floor

Sunk: Wednesday April 16, 1947 while towing the Thomas M. Cooley, a liberty ship, from Norfolk, Virginia, to New York.

Cause: In a dense fog bank, the Great Issacs was struck amid ships on her port side by the Norwegian freighter, Bandeirante.

Casualties: No causualties as the Captain Ernest Mc Cleary, and 27 of his crew abandoned ship and were picked up by the Bandeirante.

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