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car float barge

Car Float #52 reef — The Car Float barge is pushed up the Navesink River below Twin Lights. The tugboat is the Billy D, later sunk on the Shark River Reef.

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 270 x 39 ft )
Sponsor:: East Coast Tender Services
Sunk:: Wednesday February 10, 1988 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°07.135' -73°56.919'

Car Float #52 reef — The train rails appear to have been removed

Car Float #52 reef — Side-scan sonar image. A big box.

"Car" refers to railroad cars - this barge was used to transport containers in-harbor.

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Sea Girt Artificial Reef

3.6 Nautical Miles off Sea Girt
Depth: 60-75 ft

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Billy D

Billy D reef

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, US Army
Built:: 1945 - Orlando CA USA, as ST-842, R.J. Wales
Specs:: ( 80 x 23 ft )
Sponsor:: Artificial Reef Association
Sunk:: Sunday July 27, 1997 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.320' -73°41.855'
Depth:: 125 ft

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Sandbar (Brown) Shark

Sandbar (Brown) Shark

Carcharhinus plumbeus

Size:
to 6 ft

The Sandbar Shark is the commonest inshore shark in New Jersey waters.

Sandbar (Brown) Shark

Most people are familiar with Peter Benchley's thrilling novel Jaws or one of the movies it has inspired. The image of a giant shark terrorizing a small resort community is hard to forget. After all, the idea of predators ( in this case, people ) becoming prey realizes one of our most primal fears. It also makes for exciting reading or viewing.

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