New Jersey Scuba Diving

Captain Sam

Type:
artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:
1979, Pascagoula MS
Specs:
( 76 ft )
Sunk:
Friday November 6, 1998 - Moriches Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:
40°43.506' -72°46.397'

Captain Sam was bought by the federal government for $517,000 in a fleet-reduction buyout program. The buyout was not for the boat itself, but for its right to fish. The owner was then left to dispose of the vessel as he saw fit.

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Hudson/East Rivers

Hudson & East Rivers
The Verrazano Narrows at the mouth of the Hudson River.

Looking roughly south: Sandy Hook is barely visible at upper-right, Rockaway inlet at the upper-left, Brooklyn at lower-left, Staten Island at lower-right. The shipping channel is also plainly obvious.

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