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Winthrop

Winthrop reef
Type:
artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:
1948, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA
Specs:
( 117 x 24 ft ) 195 gross tons
Sponsor:
Eirek's Dock, Fish America Foundation
Sunk:
Wednesday July 12, 1989 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°50.825' -74°43.312'
Depth:
60 ft

The Winthrop sank at its dock in Cape May and remained there for 5 years before being raised and re-sunk as a reef.

Winthrop reef
It appears that the transom was cut away to put the dredge over the stern
Winthrop reef side-scan
Side-scan sonar image

Winthrop was one of twenty sisters built at Bath Iron Works. They were given to the French government under the Marshal Plan to make up for losses to the fishing fleet in World War II. Winthrop is sister to Laita, cousin to Bad Bob's Big Boat.

I have been unable to determine which of the original sisters ended up as the Winthrop:

  • Charles Massot - 1948
  • Gris Brumaire - 1948
  • Jean-Pierre Robert - 1948
  • Lucien Marie - 1948
  • Lucien Gougy - 1948
  • Marcel-Peyronnie - 1948
  • Jean-Marthe - 1948
  • Massabielle - 1948
  • Kerolay - 1948
  • Steyr - 1948
  • St. Pierre Eglise - 1948
  • Edouard Goughy - 1948
  • Men Gwen - 1948
  • Laita - 1948
  • Pierre Descelliers - 1948
  • Armand Crespin - 1948
  • Ker-Ysa - 1949
  • Saint Joachim - 1949
  • Doux Frimaire - 1949
  • Patron Roger Dupuy - 1949

At least I know which one it isn't.

A sister

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Fishing Vessels

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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