2. Identification U-140 *** German Submarine 311 Feet Long. 1930 Gross Tons. Two 5.9 inch guns, Six Torpedo Tubes. Sinking Information Date: 22 June, 1921. Manner: By USS Dickerson; 19 hits out of 39 shells fired. Location: 37° 10' N. Latitude; 74° 43' 30" W. Longitude. Wreck Information Depth: 267 feet to bottom. Wreck Condition: Upright; 245 feet to top of conning tower, guns still mounted, bow torpedo tubes exposed, stern broken open, net on stern, many small orange sharks. Diving Conditions: Current moderate and variable, occasionally heavy; water temperature in low 40's; visibility 10 to 30 feet. Back to "The Billy Mitchel Wrecks"