About Who's Been Here Photos Revisions Resor, R. P. East of, Barnegat Light, NJ Max Depth: 121-130ft/37-40m Entry Type: Boat Bottom Composition: Sand Aquatic Life: Plenty To See Rating: 3.00 by 3 divers 6/22/2012 1:03 PM

Resor, R. P. is a boat accessible salt water dive site, located at East of, Barnegat Light, NJ. This dive site has an average rating of 3.00 out of 5 from 3 scuba divers. The maximum depth is 121-130ft/37-40m.

The R.P. Resor was torpedoed with a terrible loss of life, and burned for days before finally sinking. The U-578 then went on to torpedo the destroyer USS Jacob Jones as it searched for survivors.

The stern is the largest surviving part of the wreck. Today much of the plating has fallen away, leaving an enormous metal latticework that rises crookedly 30-40 ft off the bottom. The bow is smaller. In-between, debris fields are low-lying but expansive; the midships bridge area having collapsed into a large pile of rubble.

The Resor hosts some very large lobster, game fish, and scallops. Visibility also tends to be much better out here than inshore. This wreck is well known to deep-sea fishermen, and everywhere you go you may feel the tug of old monofilament, which usually snaps when you pull against it hard enough.