Leatherstocking

A Wreck Found After 73 Years
BFS Shipwreck found after 75 years. Image of runaround boat that Caught fire.
Wooden Runabout Shipwreck on fire on Otsego Lake.

Time Line

  • Background

    • August 4, 1940
    • The Leatherstocking
    • Owner: W. T. Sampson Smith
    • Gasoline fire
    • Sunk in deep water; center of lake

  • Side Scan Sonar

    • July 2012
    • Klein side scan sonar survey conducted by G.K. Consulting

  • Confirmation Dives

    • August 4, 2013
Radar scan of the Ship Wreck
Ship Wreck radar scan.
Ship Wreck side view on the radar.
Ship Wreck bottom view on the radar.
Underwater photo of the Ship Wreck
Under side photo under water of the Ship Wreck
Underwater photo of the engine of the Ship Wreck
BFS Dive Team on the boat.
Dive Team gearing up to go in the water.
Drawing of Ship Wreck
Wooden Runabout Shipwreck, Agust 4, 2013 Drawing by Joseph W. Zarzynski, RPA
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