New Jersey Artificial Reefs
New Jersey Artificial Reefs
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- Atlantic City Reef ...
- Axel Carlson Reef ...
- Barnegat Light Reef ...
- Cape May Reef ...
- Deepwater Reef ...
- Delaware Bay Reef
- Garden State N Reef ...
- Garden State S Reef ...
- Great Egg Reef ...
- Little Egg Reef ...
- Manasquan Reef ...
- Ocean City Reef ...
- Sandy Hook Reef ...
- Sea Girt Reef ...
- Shark River Reef ...
- Townsend's Inlet Reef ...
- Wildwood Reef ...
Sinking the ‘Captain Bart’
Tenacious tows the newly-christened "Captain Bart" into position
The State Police demolitions squad goes aboard to set the explosives
But the anchor chain gets stuck ...
... and the new reef drifts in the wind and tide for nearly three hours
Looking up at the pilot house from the tugboat just before jumping over
Diversion II serves as press boat
The sign says: Warning. No Smoking. No Open Lights. No Visitors.
The inside of the bridge. Looks like junk to me, but I'm sure it will all be quickly "salvaged" by wreck hounds
The view forward from the port-side bridge wing
Looking aft from the bow. Tugboat wake swirls in the distance
Explosives all set ... time for everyone to get off !
Tenacious makes one final pass, and ...
Ka-boom !!!
The concussion could be felt even at a distance, as pieces went flying overhead
Fires burn briefly after the explosion
The Budweiser banner didn't make it
At first the ship sinks very slowly ...
... but soon the tilt is unmistakable, as the stern plunges down
The metal hull creaks and groans as the ship sinks
Now the pilot house is completely under
Debris on the deck slides down into the water
The stern hits the bottom at 130 ft ...
... and the ship stands on end for several minutes ...
... digging down into the mud below ...
... before finally settling back down into the water
YOG-58 disappears forever into a boiling mass of bubbles ...
... and becomes the newest addition to the Shark River Artificial Reef
New Jersey Artificial Reef Sites
- AC Wescoat
- AC Wescoat 2
- Ada Adelia
- AH Dumont
- AJ McAllister YNT-12
- Alan Martin
- American
- Antares
- APL-31
- Aqua II
- Army Tanks
- Austin
- Barbara Ann
- barge etc
- Bay Jack
- Bay King
- Beach Haven
- Becky Lee
- Big Mama
- Billy D
- Blue Crown
- Boston Lightship WLV-189
- Brightliner Subway Cars
- Brooklyn DPC-15
- caisson
- caisson
- caisson
- Cape Straight
- Captain Bart
- Captain Bill
- Captain Etzel
- Captain Henry LCM-6
- car float barge
- Carlson II
- Carol Moran
- Carrabassett
- Carter's Creek
- Caterina.D
- Cecilia J Brown DPC-42
- Choctaw
- Cinderella
- Coleman barges
- Coleman I
- Coleman II
- Colleen
- concrete
- concrete
- Coney Island
- Cranford
- Diver's Abyss YTM-?
- Dorothy
- drydock
- DVD Barge
- Dykes
- Ed Schmidiger YON-81
- Elizabeth
- Fallen Friends
- Fatuk
- First Lady
- Fisherman
- Fishermans Dream
- Francis Bushey
- Gary Smith
- Georgia
- Georgia Moran
- Golden Eagle
- Good Ship Lollipop
- Good Times
- Ha Long Bay
- Hail Mary II
- Harbor Charlie
- Heavy Metal
- Helis
- Heritage Hull
- Hillman III
- Holgate I
- Horseshoe Crab
- Horseshoe Wrecks
- Houston & Mesday
- Howard Bahnsen
- Jerry
- Jessie C
- Jet Trader
- Jill Adventure
- Jim Lynch
- Johnny Buoy BUSL
- Kathy & Maria
- Kiley B
- King's Point
- Lady Dee
- Laita
- Lewis F Boyer
- Libra
- Lisa Kim
- Lisa Michelle
- Maelstrom
- Mako Mania
- Mantank
- Margaret Nancy
- Mary C
- Matt Turecamo DPC-14
- McGinty
- Megan Sue
- Michael DePalma
- Miller
- Miss Beth
- Miss Doxsee
- Molasses barge
- Morania Abaco
- Morania barge
- Mount Sinai
- MRMTC 8
- MRMTC 9
- New England Coast
- Nils S
- Ocean Cat
- Ohio
- Onondaga
- OWD III YON-84
- OWD4
- Pair of Kings
- PATH subway cars
- Patrick McHugh
- Pauline Marie FS-???
- Peggy Diana LCM-6
- Point Swift WPB-82312
- Queen Mary
- railroad barge
- Ranger
- Red Oak
- Redbird Subway Cars
- Response
- Restorer
- Rhino
- Rock & Rubble
- Rock Ridges
- Rockland County
- Ronde Joyce II
- Rothenbach I
- Rothenbach II YON-96
- salt barge
- Sam Berman
- Sea Transporter YF-879
- Shamrock
- Shirley Ann
- Smoke II
- Snug Harbor
- Southwick's
- Spaghetti Pile
- Spartan
- Starcraft
- Steven McAllister
- Storm
- Strathmere barges
- Sulzer barge
- Swensen barge
- Swenson I & II
- Tanks
- Tibor
- Tobacco Pointe
- Towboat #9
- Troy
- Tuna Sub
- USS Algol
- V.L. Keegan YO-166
- VHFC / OWD I
- Vicki-Pat
- Vincent Tibbetts AOG-33
- Vinik Huntress
- Wagner's Point
- Waldorf
- Wedding barge
- Weeks barge
- Winthrop
- Wyoming
- YOGN-8
- Type:
- artificial reef, tanker
- Specs:
- ( 165 x 35 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Friends of John Dobilas & the McGraw Hill Foundation
- Sunk:
- Tuesday August 20, 1996 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°37.564' -74°01.341'
- Depth:
- 80 ft
More: YOGN-8 ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1956, Madisonville LA
- Specs:
- ( 100 x 27 ft ) 264 tons
- Sponsor:
- Ann E Clark Foundation, South Jersey Fishing Center
- Sunk:
- Friday March 26, 2004 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°51.475' -74°42.029'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
More: King's Point ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, tanker, USA
- Built:
- 1957, Brooklyn NY USA (Bushey Yard)
- Specs:
- ( 247 x 42 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Spentonbush Red Star Company
- Sunk:
- Sunday April 13, 1986 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°14.203' -74°12.148'
- Depth:
- 100 ft
More: Francis Bushey ...