Glen II

Shipwreck Glen II
As Cornell No. 20 ( see Rockland County )
Type:
shipwreck, tugboat
Specs:
( 83 ft ) 68 tons
Sunk:
Saturday January 31, 1953
Depth:
80 ft

from AWOIS: 1588

NM 7/53 -- LTD WK BUOY ESTABLISHED TO MARK WRECK OF A TUG IN 78 FT OF WATER WITH 38 FT OF WATER OVER IT; IN PA LAT 40-25-25N, LONG 73-54-01W.

H10224/86 -- OPR-C121-WH-86; WRECK WAS LOCATED, 191M SE OF SUNKEN WRECK RAMOS; 55-60 FT WRECK IN AT LEAST TWO SECTIONS ON A SILT BOTTOM; METAL CROWS NEST WITH METAL RUNGS COLLAPSED ON TOP OF WHEELHOUSE; STANDING 10-14 FT OFF THE BOTTOM; PART OF MAIN MAST STILL BRACED TO UPPER WHEELHOUSE; WHEELHOUSE SUPERSTRUCTURE STOOD 8-10 FT ABOVE THE MAIN DECKING; MAIN PROPULSION SHAFT, 1 1/2-2 FT IN DIAMETER, FOUND AFT OF DEBRIS AT END OF SITE; PART OF THE TRANSOM WAS INTACT WITH A SINGLE 8 FT 3-BLADE PROPELLER FOUND AT THE STERN; THREE WOODEN BEAMS CLUSTERED TOGETHER STANDING 4-5 FT OFF THE BOTTOM AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AT THE SOUTHERN END OF WRECK; BOW STEM STANDING 6 FT ABOVE THE BOTTOM; BOW BROKEN OFF; APPROXIMATELY 14 FT REMAIN INTACT; STEEL HULLED WITH DETERIORATED WOOD DECKING; PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE LEAST DEPTH OF 67 FT.; (UPDATED MSD 4/91)

24 NO.1025; TUG; SUNK BY MARINE CASUALTY; POSITION ACCURACY WITHIN 1 MILE; LEAST DEPTH 49 FT. (FE101)


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New Developments in Artificial Reefs

Pauline Marie reef
The Pauline Marie sinks slowly on the Atlantic City Reef.

By Evelyn DeWitt Myatt & Bill Figley, 1986

It's hard to imagine anything that could have looked more forlorn than the rusty old freighter whose proud seagoing days were a thing of the past. Floating idly at her berth awaiting her fate, she was a victim of nature's ravages that had left her beautiful only in the eyes of her old captain and crew. The Pauline Marie, however, was not destined to be the victim of a cutting torch that would turn her into a tangle of scrap steel. Instead, she was acquired by the New Jersey Artificial Reef Program and went down with dignity as an artificial reef in March 1985. She now provides continuing services from her watery grave in the Atlantic, some twelve miles off Atlantic City, and her appeal to marine life is undeniable. Her interior compartments now shelter fish and crustaceans; her decks now provide substrate for mussels, soft corals, and plant life; and her newfound productivity has put delicious seafood on many tables.