Ocean Wreck Divers IV "The Bow"

Ocean Wreck Divers IV reef
Please support the Artificial Reef Program so that they can sink the rest of this ship !
Type:
artificial reef, tanker ( front half only )
Specs:
( 85 x 30 ft )
Sponsor:
Ocean Wreck Divers
Sunk:
Friday August 7, 1998 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°07.750' -73°56.345'
Depth:
70 ft

Think of it as a miniature inshore Algol, or half-Algol. The vessel was scrapped halfway through construction and donated to the Artificial Reef Program. In this state, it would require very little clean-up, with no engine room or other contaminated areas. The triangular space inside the bow is easily penetrated, the cargo tanks are less so. A field of concrete rubble extends around the site, an ideal home for fish and lobsters.


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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.