Max's Wreck (Montgomery)
E-S - 155 Ft
This steamer was discovered by Atlantic Divers in 1989 on the dive boat Down Deep. The wreck was named after Captain Bob Meimbresse's dog that was on board that day. It has recently been identified as the Montgomery.
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Identifying the Montgomery
This wreck was positively identified as the Montgomery in 2008. Harold Moyers and I, on his dive boat Big Mac, recovered a bilge pump with a 30 foot lead pipe attached weighing over 500lbs. A very heavy lift, to say the least...
Prior to this recovery, in the early eighties, Chuck Wine recovered a bilge pump which led to the positive identification of the
Brunette, a freighter sunk during a collision in 1870. It was known as the Doorknob wreck since many porcelain doorknobs were recovered there before it's identification.Based on this, Harold took the initiative to research the pump's manufacturer, and found the true identity.
During the Civil War, this Union ship, the SS Montgomery served along the Carolina coast and participated in operations in North Carolina's Cape Fear River. Decommissioned in June 1865 and sold in August. Montgomery retained her name when she re-entered commercial service in 1866. She was active for nearly eleven more years, until she was sunk due to a collision with schooner Seminole on January 7, 1877 40 miles off Cape May, New Jersey.
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