YC-725 ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

YC-725

Type:: artificial reef, barge, US Navy
Built:: 1941, Dravo Corporation, 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'

One of a sequence YC-700 - YC-728 built by Dravo, all identical.

Delaware also lists a 95' barge at this location; I think that is an error.

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Atlantic Menhaden

Scientific Name:
Brevoortia tyrannus

Atlantic Menhaden:
A Profile

Family:
Clupeidae

Size:
12"-15"
1 lb.

Common Names:
menhaden, bunker, mossbunker, pogy, fatback, alewife, bugfish, skipjack

Although this herring is generally considered unfit for human consumption, the menhaden fishery is one of the most important and productive fisheries on the Atlantic coast. For years, it has provided coastal communities with a stable source of employment and the nation with a major source of protein on a renewable and environmentally sound basis.

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