New Jersey Scuba Diving

AJ McAllister YNT-12

Ann E Clark reef
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Built:
1939, Southern Shipbuilding, Slidell LA as Rowen Card
Specs:
( 106 x 26 ft ) 263 tons
Sponsor:
Ann E Clark Foundation
Sunk:
Thursday Sept 25, 2003 - Deepwater Artificial Reef
GPS:
39°58.004' -74°10.721'

Built in 1939, by Canulette Shipbuilding Company of Slidell, Louisiana (hull #983) as the Rowen Card for the Card Towing Company of Norfolk, Virginia. In 1940, she was acquired by the United States Navy and designated YN-44 Tamaha. Later redesignated as the YNT-12. In 1947, the tug was returned to the Card Towing Company of Norfolk, Virginia, and renamed Rowen Card. In 1947, she was acquired by the McAllister Brothers Towing Company of New York, New York, and renamed A.J. McAllister. Originally powered by a single, Winton Diesel engine. The tug was repowered in 1960, she was a single screw tug, rated at 1,800 horsepower.

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Ann E Clark reef
circa 1941, New York, as net tender Tamaha YNT-12
Ann E Clark reef
Ann E Clark reef
Ann E Clark reef

The A.J. McAllister is right on the edge of the permitted reef area, and part of it probably sticks out. The NJ Artificial Reef Program does not show it in their official lists, along with the Diver's Abyss, which is slightly outside the reef.

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Night Diving

light

Unlike ( or just like ) the Caribbean, diving in New Jersey is actually better at night in many ways. That's obviously not true if you are out to survey a shipwreck, but for inlet diving, there is no comparison. During the day, the day critters will be wide awake, and you won't be able to get near them, while the night critters will be down in their holes where you'll never see them.

At night, you can go right up to the sleeping day critters and pinch them, even the fish. Some even seem mesmerized by your light, which will also draw in many small invertebrates by itself. Meanwhile, the night critters will be out prowling around, including the king of all night critters, the lobster. And if you shut off the light and wave your hands vigorously, the bioluminescents will put on a show for you.

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