Bay Tide ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Bay Tide

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1958, Gulfport Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, TX, as Margaret C
Specs:: ( 110 ft )
Sunk:: Tuesday Jan 30, 2009 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

Built in 1958, by Gulfport Shipbuilding of Port Arthur, Texas ( hull #525 ) as the Margaret C. for the A.L. Mechling Barge Lines of Joliet, Illinois. In 1978, the tug was acquired by the Crescent Towing and Salvage Company of New Orleans, Louisiana, and renamed Jason Smith. In 2000, she was acquired by Robbins Maritime Incorporated of Norfolk, Virginia, where she was renamed Bay Tide. She was a single screw tug, rated at 1,800 horsepower.

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