New Jersey Scuba Diving

Dorothy

Dorothy & V.L. Keegan

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat (cut into pieces)
Specs:: ( 65 ft )
Sponsor:: Spectra Services
Sunk:: Saturday June 3, 1989 - Sandy Hook Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°21.555' -73°56.103'
Depth:: 60 ft

Both the Keegan and the Dorothy sank at a dock in the Raritan River and were cut up in place and loaded onto a barge prior to reefing.

A bow lies on a sand and pebble bottom, inclined 45 degrees to starboard, sticking up perhaps 12-15 ft, with the decking gone. Surrounding it is a field of twisted metal wreckage. The visibility on the bottom was not bad, although the entire site was dark, even in daylight. There are only a few small lobsters, and the wreck was infested with Bergalls, but little else.

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