Delilah DPC-65

Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Built:
1943, Decatur Iron & Steel, Decatur AL as DPC-65
Specs:
( 86 x 24 ft ) 146 GT, 9 crew
Sunk:
Friday Jan 15, 1999 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°40.540' -74°43.957'
Depth:
75 ft

Built as DPC-65 (0244342) by Decatur Iron & Steel Co, Decatur AL in 1943, then to the US Army as TD-42. Served briefly around 1973 with the Coast Guard as CG-85010 Research, then transferred to the State of Alabama Civil Defense as ASD-85 ( "Alabama State Docks". ) Sold in 1983 as Delilah.

The DPC ( "Defense Plant Corporation" ) tugboat was a huge class of harbor tugs built for the Army during World War Two. Thanks to the wonders of American standardized production, I present Delilah's eldest twin sister, DPC-1:

DPC-1
DPC-1 - DPC-65's eldest sister


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Type:
shipwreck, dredge
Sunk:
Saturday January 8, 1927

The Clermont was at one time the world's largest dredge. She was sunk in a storm while under tow on January 8, 1927. Today she sits upright on a sandy bottom, partially intact, rising 15' off the bottom. Some of the dredge pipes are visible in the sand off the starboard side of the wreck. Divers have recovered several interesting objects from the wreck such as deck prisms and bricks from the boiler stamped "Weideimer".