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Cecilia J Brown DPC-42

Cecilia J Brown reef
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:
1944, Decatur Iron & Steel, Decatur AL USA
Specs:
( 86 x 24 ft ) 146 GT, 9 crew
Sponsor:
Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association, Artificial Reef Association, Sportfish Fund
Sunk:
Monday August 16, 1993 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°52.950' -74°40.200'
Depth:
60 ft

Built in 1944, by Decatur Iron and Steel of Decatur, Alabama (hull #DPC-42) as the DPC-42 for the United States Defense Plant Corporation. The tug was later sold and renamed Skipper, then Viatic. In 1957, she was acquired by the Dalzell Towing and Transportation Company (New Haven Transport Company) of New York, New York, and renamed Dalzellance.

In 1965, the Dalzell Towing and Transportation Company was acquired by the McAllister Brothers Towing Company of New York, New York. In 1967, the tug was acquired by Thomas J. Brown and Son of New York, New York, and renamed Cecilia J. Brown. She was single-screw, rated at 700 horsepower.

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Copepods

Ribbon Louse
Copepod

Most copepods are harmless plankters or bottom dwellers. In fact, copepods are the most numerous of all crustaceans in terms of both species and population. However, since they generally range in size from 1/16" to 1/2 ", they are not of much interest to divers.

The Ribbon Louse ( Lernaeenicus spp. far right, 1 inch to 1 foot ) is a fish parasite. I have observed these bizarre creatures only in the aquarium. The head ( at lower left ) is buried in the body of the host, while the worm-like body hangs outside. Only the twin tails betray its true and almost unrecognizable nature - this is a copepod crustacean. And this is not even the extreme of crustacean evolution - some parasitic barnacles live completely inside their host, actually melding with the host's flesh until the two are inseparable, like some kind of science fiction nightmare.

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