Delaware Artificial Reefs
Delaware Artificial Reefs
Coverage of Delaware is restricted to just those sites that are in the ocean. Siting reefs has been tricky for Delaware, as they must be kept clear of the shipping lanes. This doesn't leave a lot of places that are both located in usefully deep water and a convenient distance from shore.
Delaware Artificial Reef Charts
Delaware Artificial Reef Sites
Site #8 has a 70' tugboat "Golden Eagle". Site #6 has a 120' barge. Site #1 has a 40' pilot boat. Other than that, the Delaware Bay reefs are all concrete rubble.
- Type:
- artificial reef, barge, US Navy
- Built:
- 1941, Dravo Corp, Wilmington DE USA
- Specs:
- ( 110 x 35 ft ) 400 tons dead weight
- Sunk:
- Wednesday March 10, 2010 - Delaware #10 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°36.608' -74°56.494'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1950, Tampa, FL, as William H
- Specs:
- ( 90 ft )
- Sunk:
- Tuesday June 19, 2001 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°40.540' -74°43.957'
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The Artificial Reef Program used four types of obsolete Army armored vehicles as artificial reef materials off the New Jersey coast. These were cleaned at local military bases, loaded onto barges for transport, and pushed off at their final destination. Once the Army had disposed of its excess inventory, the program ceased, around 1999. The Artificial Reef Program has sunk almost 400 tanks altogether, far too many to list them here in this website.
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