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First Lady

Leaving port as Zulu (1972-1974) later Terra Nova

Type:: artificial reef, clam dredge, USA
Built:: 1944, Somerset Shipyard, Somerset MA USA as Rosalie D. Morse
Specs:: ( 89 x 23 ft ) 153 GT
Sponsor:: M & P Boat Inc.
Sunk:: Wednesday July 3, 1985 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°13.703' -74°12.486'
Depth:: 100 ft

Converted to clamming, with a rather precarious-looking setup

First Lady reef — engine & masts removed

246567
IMO 5356167

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small commercial fishing vessel — A small commercial fishing vessel of unknown type, although the bushels on deck would imply that she was after some kind of shellfish.

There are three basic types of commercial fishing vessels found in the Mid-Atlantic region: trawlers, seiners/gill-netters, and long-liners. A trawler or "dragger" operates by towing its fishing gear across the bottom. Weighted nets take bottom fishes, while cage-like steel dredges take clams and scallops. A seiner uses a floating net to encircle schools of surface-swimming fishes such as herring and tuna. A long-liner sets out miles of buoyed line with baited hooks to catch sharks, tuna, and swordfish. One could also add lobster boats and charter fishing or "head" boats to this list. And of course, dive boats.

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