Cape May Artificial Reef
Cape May Artificial Reef
8.5 Nautical Miles off Cape May, 5.34 sq miles
Depth: 50-75 ft [download]
Cape May reef also contains large numbers of tire units and Army tanks (not shown) concentrated in the center area that appears here to be empty. This reef also received 50 redbird subways cars, which are not plotted. The Onondaga drifted slightly out of the reef boundaries, and the state does not list it, but it is there.
- Type:
- 4700 concrete slabs ( must be quite a pile )
- Sponsor:
- Delaware River Port Authority
- Sunk:
- 1988 - Cape May Artificial Reef
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Specs:
- ( 110 x 30 ft )
- Sponsor:
- McNeil's Marina, Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
- Sunk:
- Wednesday August 8, 1990 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°53.505' -74°40.075'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, LCM-6 (Landing Craft-Mechanized) used as buoy tender
- Built:
- 1943 New Orleans LA USA
- Specs:
- ( 56 x 14 ft ) 64 tons
- Sponsor:
- Bureau of Coastal Engineering, Fish America &
Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association - Sunk:
- Sunday May 6, 1990 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°51.200' -74°42.280'
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The Artificial Reef Program used four types of obsolete Army armored vehicles as artificial reef materials off the New Jersey coast. These were cleaned at local military bases, loaded onto barges for transport, and pushed off at their final destination. Once the Army had disposed of its excess inventory, the program ceased, around 1999. The Artificial Reef Program has sunk almost 400 tanks altogether, far too many to list them here in this website.
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- Type:
- artificial reef, cutter, US Coast Guard
- Built:
- 1961, US Coast Guard Yard, Baltimore MD USA
- Specs:
- ( 83 x 17 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
- Sunk:
- Thursday March 30, 2000 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°51.620' -74°40.600'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, towboat, USA
- Built:
- 1957, Vicksburg Marine Ways, Vicksburg MS USA, as Ernest Mack
- Specs:
- ( 64 x 23 ft ) 92 gross tons
- Sponsor:
- Dick Herb, Cape May County Charter Boat Association, Sport Fishing Fund
- Sunk:
- July 30?, 2025 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°50.544' -74°42.479'
- Depth:
- 60 ft
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