New Jersey Scuba Diving

Type:

artificial reef, tugboat

Built:

1953, New Orleans, LA, as Valmet

Specs:

( 95 ft )

Sunk:

Monday June 2, 2008 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef

GPS:

38°40.540' -74°43.957'

Built in 1953, by Alexander Shipyards of New Orleans, Louisiana ( hull #550 ) as the Valmet for the Valentine Oil Transfer Corporation of New York, New York. In 1963, the tug was acquired by the Avondale Towing Line Incorporated of New York, New York, where she was renamed Michael Tracy.

The tug was later acquired by the Manhattan Oil Transportation Company of New York, New York, where she retained her name. In 1980, the tug was acquired by Arthur Fournier of the Penobscot Bay Towing Company of Belfast, Maine, where it was renamed Brian F. In 1981, the tug was acquired by the Blaha Towing Company of Norfolk, Virginia, and renamed Cittie Pointe.