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Socatean

The pilot house belongs to the tugboat behind

Type:: artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:: 1964, Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset MA, as Joseph & Lucia II
Specs:: ( 88 x 23 ft ) 179 gross tons
Sunk:: Thursday January 4, 2024 - Mattituck Artificial Reef
Depth:: ~80 ft
GPS:: 40°03.396' -72°34.186'

a classic old side-trawler

It took some digging to figure out this one: built as Joseph & Lucia II in 1964 by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset MA. Later renamed Christine & Julie, finally Socatean.

Georges Bank, 1980

as Christine & Julie in New Bedford MA, 2006
with expanded wheelhouse and modern outriggers

O/N 297224, IMO 6506616, MMSI 366917230

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Mattituck Artificial Reef

Mattituck Artificial Reef

Depth: 72 to 100 feet
2.37 nautical miles northwest of Mattituck Inlet

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Immaculata

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Depth:: 95 ft

This wreck seems to be one or more wooden barges, possibly garbage barges from the 1920s. There is an anchor in one spot near a machinery pile, and in other spots, the old walls rise perhaps 10 ft off the bottom. But otherwise, everything is pretty broken down. This forms many hiding holes for lobster and rock crabs, and there is one in almost every hole, and some quite large. The Sea Bass are also good-sized. Yellowish natural sponges and bottles are easy to find.

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