Horseshoe Wrecks

Horseshoe Wrecks reef
The barge-load of wreckage that will become the "Horseshoe Wrecks." the wreckage was pushed off three sides of the barge, hence the horseshoe pattern.
Type:
artificial reef, barges, tugboat
Specs:
( huge junk pile )
Sunk:
Sunday December 23, 2012 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°08.203' -73°55.779'
Depth:
80 ft
Horseshoe Wrecks reef side-scan

Side-scan sonar image showing the proximity of the brand new "Travis Tug", at lower-left, and the broken-down Horseshoe Wrecks, sunk more than ten years earlier. The tug is 95 feet long.

These jumbled piles of steel wreckage greatly resemble the Mohawk. However, unlike that vast and confusing field of debris, this site is relatively easy to navigate, since it is all relatively linear. Some of the pieces are quite tall and can be gotten inside of.


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I love the part where they dynamite the coral reef to get the boat through. For science! They also run over a baby whale, and kill the poor thing. At least they didn't fondue it. I have so say though, science was manlier in those days, and scientists weren't afraid to wear short-shorts.

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