New Jersey Scuba Diving

Type:

artificial reef, tanker

Built:

1944 Brooklyn NY (Bushey Yard)

Specs:

( 156 x 30 ft ) 440 tons

Sponsor:

Cleanwater of New York

Dedication:

Captain Andy Applegate

Sunk:

Friday September 2 2005 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef

GPS:

39°13.850' -74°12.510'

This former Navy YO-167 (Yard Oiler) was built in 1944 by Ira S. Bushey company in Brooklyn New York. In 1945, the tanker was allocated to 15th Naval District at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Postwar assigned to First Naval District at Casco Bay, ME. In 1965, she was acquired by the Eklof Marine Corporation of Staten Island, New York, and renamed Jet Trader. In 1993, the Eklof Marine Corporation was acquired by K-Sea Transportation Partnership Incorporated of Staten Island, New York. As a result of OPA '90 regulations that prohibited the transport of petroleum products by single skin vessels, Jet Trader was "laid up" at the K-Sea Transportation Partnership's yard in Mariner's Harbor in Staten Island, New York in 2004. Jet Trader is a twin to "Helis".