This wreck I would dive from time to time to gather lobsters. On one such dive I noticed a letter in the sand, trying to move the sand by hand I was able to expose several letters before I had to go.

The following weekend a small group of divers returned with me to see if we could find its full name and solve its history.

Jim Cobb fully exposed the name with his scooter as others tried to figure what it said at a 105ft I took photos of the name and of the prop.

Later I received the email below on the wreck.

It is a fishing trawler from Vandemere , NC The Phil Mar was a 83 foot Coast Guard patrol boat converted to a trawler. She was powered by 2 671 gray marines and later repowered by GM 671s before they became Detroit's. She was owned by Earl Holton from Vandemere now deceased. My father Clarence Rose quit running her in the fall of 1964 because she was in so bad shape. I think she sunk in 65 or 66 and was being run by someone from the Vandemere area. My father worked her from Cape Canaveral to Georges Banks over the years and trawled for lobsters up north (ironic). My brother has a good picture of her I will try to send it to you. Tom Rose