New Jersey Scuba Diving

Type:

artificial reef, barge

Built:

1953, Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans LA, as BCL-1103

Specs:

( 110 x 34 ft ) 144 tons

Sunk:

Friday Oct 20, 2000 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef

GPS:

38°40.540' -74°43.957'

The Navy had a huge number of 110-foot 144-ton barges like this. The C originally stood for "coal", but as coal went out of use, these barges were used for other purposes.