New Jersey Scuba Diving

Artificial Reefs History (6/6)

Date	Name	Type	Size	Location
Feb 1979	Drydock	barge	100'	NJ Sea Girt *
1977	Railroad	barge	200'	NJ Sea Girt *
Jun 1973	Carlson II	trawler	70'	NJ Sea Girt *
	Fran S	tugboat	84'	NY Atlantic Beach

* Predates current Artificial Reef Program

Date	Name	Type	Size	Location
1965		barge	85'	NY Kismet
1965		barge	100'	NY Kismet

These are the earliest reefs for which records exist

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Type:: shipwreck, liner, Italy
Name:: A 16th century Genoese Admiral. This name had been previously carried by a number of Italian warships ( see page bottom )
Built:: 1951, Italy
Specs:: ( 700 x 90 ft ) 29083 displacement tons, 1706 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Thursday July 26, 1956
collision with freighter Stockholm ( 12000 tons) - 46 casualties
GPS:: 40°29.405' -69°52.028' (AWOIS)
Depth:: 240 ft ( 190 ft minimum )