W-S - 130 Ft

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. Sister-ship T.C. McCobb was also sunk during the war, unusually, by an Italian submarine.

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 and game fish. Visibility also tends to be much better out here than inshore.