New Jersey Scuba Diving

YC-1479

YC-775
Type:
artificial reef, barge
Built:
1953, Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans LA, as BCL-1103
Specs:
( 110 x 34 ft ) 144 tons
Sunk:
Friday Oct 20, 2000 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°40.540' -74°43.957'

The Navy had a huge number of 110-foot 144-ton barges like this. The C originally stood for "coal", but as coal went out of use, these barges were used for other purposes.

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Atlantic Menhaden

Atlantic Menhaden

Scientific Name:
Brevoortia tyrannus

Atlantic Menhaden:
A Profile

Family:
Clupeidae

Size:
12"-15"
1 lb.

Common Names:
menhaden, bunker, mossbunker, pogy, fatback, alewife, bugfish, skipjack

Although this herring is generally considered unfit for human consumption, the menhaden fishery is one of the most important and productive fisheries on the Atlantic coast. For years, it has provided coastal communities with a stable source of employment and the nation with a major source of protein on a renewable and environmentally sound basis.

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