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Ronde Joyce II

Ronde Joyce II reef
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Built:
1941, ? Pascagoula MS USA ?
Specs:
( 62 x 17 ft )
Sponsor:
Coffey, Graybowski, Clark's Landing Marina, Mercury Marine
Sunk:
Thursday August 5, 1993 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°06.486' -73°57.224'
Depth:
65 ft
Ronde Joyce II reef
Ronde Joyce II reef
Side-scan sonar image
Ronde Joyce II reef

Rhonde Joyce II was apparently Gatco New Jersey at one point. I can find no builder's records for either name. Gatco New Jersey was involved in a collision in 1951 resulting in a court case in 1958. Gatco is Gulf Atlantic Transportation Company. Ronde Joyce II was owned by Decker Oil Transportation. Looks like it had a second-story wheelhouse.

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November 20, 2023

Susan Rose

November 20, 2023

Fishing vessel Susan Rose was bound from her home port of Port Judith, Rhode Island to Manasquan to begin fluke fishing off New Jersey. Instead, just before 5AM * Friday November 17, 2023, she ran aground approximately 350 yards ** south of the inlet centerline. All four crew were safely gotten off. After de-fueling and de-watering, she was successfully pulled off the beach on the second attempt, at about 2AM Sunday morning, after rolling in the rough surf for almost two days. The vessel rapidly filled with water, capsized and sank, a few hundred yards ** off the beach, in approximately 50 feet of water. Again, everyone was gotten off safely.

* about 90 minutes after low tide
** news reporters said half a mile, but ... well, reporters

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