New Jersey Scuba Diving

Ranger

Photo by Marc Piche
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Built:
1975, Diamond Manufacturing, Savannah GA, USA, as Capt. Leary
Specs:
( 53 x 18 ft ) 55 tons
Sunk:
Thursday Jan 14, 2021 - Manasquan Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°04.784' -73°59.420'
Depth:
75 ft

Built in 1975, by the Diamond Manufacturing Company of Savannah, Georgia (hull #404B) as the Capt. Leary, for Biblia Incorporated of Savannah, Georgia. Biblia later renamed the tug Josiah Stephen. In 2006, the tug was acquired by Intracoastal Marine Incorporated of Chesapeake, Virginia, where she was renamed Ranger. In 2009, she was acquired by the Skanska Group Incorporated of Virginia Beach, Virginia, where she retained her name. In 2016, the tug went out of documentation. She was a twin screw tug, rated at 680 horsepower.

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The 65-foot * tugboat Ranger was sunk at the Manasquan Inlet Reef. The deployment was sponsored by the Manasquan River Marlin and Tuna Club with donations from The Sportfishing Fund. This deployment was in memory of past Manasquan River Marlin and Tuna Club Lifetime Member John Geiges. The Ranger was towed up to the Manasquan Reef after the barge it was brought up on from Virginia was sunk at the Little Egg Reef.

* everything is 65 feet to the reef program


Ranger in the background

The Ranger was brought up from Norfolk on a barge that was sunk on the Little Egg Reef
The Ranger floats free, to be towed north after the rest are sunk.

Reported incorrectly as 65 feet by the reef program. It took a bit of sleuthing to track down a history for this one, Ranger is not a good search term, much like Smith. Now to see if I can track down that little tugboat.

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Collecting Scallops

Scallops

Scallops are not nearly so easy to get as Mussels but are well worth it. I have never seen a scallop in less than 90 ft of water, most often in 110 ft and below. Sadly, the commercial scallop boats have quite efficiently decimated the scallop population, and they are fairly rare, especially in any kind of useful quantity.

When you do get into a field of scallops though, life is good. Scallops live on the surface of the sand ( rarely on the deck of a wreck ) where each one will excavate a shallow pit. The pits are usually 2-3 ft apart, and a good field of scallops will stretch as far as you can see. Fortunately, good fields like this are usually in the vicinity of wrecks or snags, where the scallop boats will not go with their expensive bottom gear.

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