Zeeliner

Type:
artificial reef, ferry, converted WWII Navy patrol boat, USA
Built:
Specs:
( 63 ft )
Sunk:
Friday May 10, 1985 - Fire Island Artificial Reef
Depth:
75 ft
GPS:
40°35.587' -73°11.221'

The Zeeliner served Fire Island (Seaview and Ocean Bay Park) from 1958 to 1984. She was then taken offshore to become a reef, but the engines were shipped to Gulfcraft to be installed into the Stranger which was launched in the spring of 1985. Zeeliner drifted out of the reef area before finally sinking. I imagine there is nothing left of her empty wooden hull.

Zeeliner reef

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Starfish

Starfish or Sea Stars are found on any solid structure, from inter-tidal rocks to deep wrecks. They are so common that one forgets just how bizarre they really are. These animals have 5-way body symmetry *, hydraulic tube feet, and ejects their stomach through their mouth to feed. ( Oddly, the planktonic larvae have bilateral symmetry, like higher animals. ) The "eye" is called a madreporite, and is actually the exhaust vent for the hydraulic system. They are capable of regenerating an entire animal from just a fragment. Starfish come in a rainbow of colors from yellow to lavender.