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
Drawing of Ship Wreck
Wooden Runabout Shipwreck, Agust 4, 2013 Drawing by Joseph W. Zarzynski, RPA
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