New Jersey Scuba Diving

Artificial Reefs History (3/7)

2019

American Glory

Date	Name		Size	Location
Jul 27		caisson	110'	NJ Atlantic City
Aug 19	Hudson		53'	NY Fire Island
Aug 22		barge	46'	NY Matinecock
Sep 26		caisson	140'	NJ Cape May
Nov 4	American Glory	liner	174'	DE Reef #11
Nov 14		barge	75'	NY Atlantic Beach
Nov 26	Dauntless	tugboat	100'	NY Twelve-Mile
Nov 26	Relentless	tugboat	102'	NY Twelve-Mile

2018

Canal Tender #6

Date	Name		Size	Location
May 31	Reliable	tugboat	74'	NY Shinnecock
May 31	Canal Tender #6	tugboat	40'	NY Shinnecock
Jun 15	Twin Capes	ferry	320'	DE DelJerseyLand
Jun 20	DS-106	barge	100'	NY Shinnecock
Jun 20	Canal Tender #7	tugboat	40'	NY Smithtown
Jun 20	Canal Tender #8	tugboat	40'	NY Smithtown
Aug 10	Wards Island	ferry	101'	NY Hempstead
Aug 10	DB-1	barge	75'	NY Hempstead
Oct 9	DS-109	barge	100'	NY Rockaway
Oct 14	Air Force	barge	110'	NY Fire Island
Oct 14	DS-24	barge	100'	NY Fire Island
Oct 14	Piano	barge	30'	NY Fire Island
Oct 14	Pump Boat	barge	25'	NY Moriches
Oct 14	#56	barge	50'	NY Moriches

2017

USCG Tamaroa reef

Date	Name		Size	Location
May 10	Tamaroa	tugboat	205'	DE DelJerseyLand
May 30	Fisherman's Dream	trawler	87'	NJ Townsends
Jun 27	Mt Sinai	trawler	87'	NJ Manasquan

2016

Ohio reef — Ohio

Date	Name		Size	Location
Jun 16	Ohio	barge	70'	NJ Ocean City
Jun 16	Tobacco Pointe	tugboat	89'	NJ Atlantic City
Aug 9	Harbor Charlie		65'	NJ Axel Carlson
Sep 21	Austin	trawler	68'	NJ Axel Carlson
Nov 2	Lisa Kim	trawler	115'	NJ Wildwood
	Army tug ?	tugboat	107'	NJ Garden State N

2015

USNS Shearwater reef — Shearwater, with Tamaroa behind

Date	Name		Size	Location
July 21	Coleman I	barge	50'	NJ Barnegat Light
July 21	Coleman II	barge	50'	NJ Barnegat Light
Dec 11	Shearwater	freighter	165'	DE DelJerseyLand

2014

No vessels reefed

2013

No vessels reefed

2012

Horseshoe Crab Barge, before it got smashed

Date	Name		Size	Location
Aug 10	Horseshoe Crab	barge	50'	NJ Axel Carlson

2011

Radford reef — USS Radford

Date	Name		Size	Location
Aug 10	USS Radford	destroyer	563'	DE DelJerseyLand

2010

Frieda Marie reef — Frieda Marie

Date	Name		Size	Location
Jan 16	Atlantic Mist	trawler	185'	DE DelJerseyLand
Jan 16	Frieda Marie	trawler	85'	DE Reef #11
Mar 10	Sandy Point	tugboat	85'	DE Reef #11
Mar 10	YC-725	barge	110'	DE Reef #10
May 7	McGinty	trawler	68'	NJ Axel Carlson
Jun 12	Howard Bahnsen	barge	90'	NJ Townsends
Sep 5	Gary Smith	barge	43'	NJ Barnegat Light

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December 2, 2021

Dutch Springs - The End of an Era

December 2, 2021

Don't know how I missed this, but back in August, Stu retired and sold Dutch Springs to a developer who plans to put two warehouses on the property:

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As you can see, one warehouse fills the small wooded area (lower-left) that was basically unused, while the other obliterates the entire area between the quarry and the road. This leaves no room for parking or facilities. The property is approximately 95 acres, but more than half of that is water.

Sad, but Stu built the place and ran it for 40 years, and he has a right to retire. As we all know, anything having to do with diving brings insurance into the mix, and thus far no other solution has been found.

The quarry will be fenced-off, and Dutch Springs will enter the history books.

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