New Jersey Scuba Diving

Sandy Point

Sandy Point reef
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Built:
1947, Gulfport Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, TX, as Captain Chris Harms
Specs:
( 85 ft )
Sunk:
Wednesday March 10, 2010 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°40.540' -74°43.957'

Built in 1947, by Gulfport Shipbuilding of Port Arthur, Texas (hull #273) as Captain Chris Harms for Harms Marine Services Incorporated of Houston, Texas. In 1964, the tug was acquired by the Moran Towing Company subsidiary Curtis Bay Towing Company of Baltimore, Maryland, where she was renamed Sandy Point. In 1980, she was acquired by the Crescent Towing and Salvage Company of New Orleans, Louisiana, and renamed Lillian Smith. In 1991, the Crescent Towing and Salvage Company renamed the tug the Fort Conde. The tug was single-screw, rated at 1,000 horsepower.

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Mullica River Wrecks

The Mullica River

Chapter 4

Hidden History of Maritime New Jersey

The Mullica River Shipwrecks and the Revolutionary War

reprinted from
Hidden History of Maritime New Jersey
Steve Nagiewicz

New Jersey has commonly been known as the "Crossroads of the American Revolution." So many of the major Revolutionary War battles were fought here at places that jump off the pages of our history textbooks, like the Battles of Monmouth, Princeton, and Trenton and, of course, the iconic Delaware Crossing on Christmas Day by General George Washington in 1776. Washington and his main army, it seems, had spent more time in New Jersey than any other place. Of course, New Jersey's geographic position between New York and Philadelphia was a large part of that "Crossroads" title. Not surprisingly, the ocean provided another type of crossroad - one that was faster, more direct, and with the ability to send large amounts of supplies and troops by sea and along our coastline.

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