New Jersey Artificial Reefs
New Jersey Artificial Reefs
New Jersey Artificial Reef Charts
- 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 ...
New Jersey's 17 artificial reefs total approximately 34 square miles.
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 199
- Bay Jack
- Bay King
- Beach Haven
- Becky Lee
- Big Mama
- Billy D ST-842
- Blue Crown
- Boston Lightship WLV-189
- Brightliner Subway Cars
- Brooklyn DPC-15
- C.ANN
- caisson
- caisson
- caisson
- Cape Straight WPB-95308
- 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
- Dorothy
- drydock
- DVD Barge
- Dykes
- Ed Schmidiger YON-81
- Elizabeth
- Equity tug & barge
- Evelyn Doris
- 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 RTC 1
- Heavy Metal
- Helis
- Heritage Hull
- Hillman III
- Holgate I
- Horseshoe Crab
- Horseshoe Wrecks
- Houston & Mesday
- Howard Bahnsen
- Huntress
- 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
- Liberty Barge
- Libra
- Lisa Kim
- Lisa Michelle
- Lockwood
- 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 180
- Morania Abaco
- 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 1
- Restorer
- 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
- Susan Rose
- Swensen barge
- Swenson I & II
- Tanks
- The Rhino
- Tibor
- Tobacco Pointe
- Towboat #9
- Troy
- Tuna Sub
- USS Algol
- V.L. Keegan YO-166
- VHFC / OWD I
- Vicki-Pat
- Vincent Tibbetts AOG-33
- Wagner's Point
- Waldorf
- Wedding barge
- Weeks barge
- Winthrop
- Wyoming
- YTM-544 / TD-24
- YW-??? "John Dobilas"
In theory, New Jersey has a stake in the DelJerseyLand reefs as well. But except for the Radford debacle, I don't think New Jersey has had or ever will have anything to do with them. They basically belong to Delaware, despite the name.
Susan Rose Sunk in February
The Susan Rose was re-sunk as an artificial reef in February. At present there still has been no public announcement. Here is the NJDEP contact form if you would like to inquire:
New Jersey's Artificial Reef Program is headquartered at Nacote Creek, Port Republic (see chart above.) There they have offices, labs, dockage, and dedicated research vessels including the 42-foot Zephyrus, above. The program not only constructed artificial reefs for the benefit of both the environment and the public, but also conducted scientific research like this landmark study published in 2003:
- Marine Life Colonization of Experimental Reef Habitat (2003)
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1949, Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange TX USA
- Specs:
- ( 100 x 27 ft ) 240 tons
- Sponsor:
- Atlantic County Reef Society, Fish America, 1000 Fathom Club
- Sunk:
- Tuesday July 17, 1990 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°15.449' -74°14.173'
- Depth:
- 90 ft
More: Carol Moran ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler
- Built:
- 1973, Seaman Shipbuilding, Bayou La Batre AL
- Specs:
- ( 77 ft ) 132 gross tons
- Sponsor:
- Mr. Nam Win, Cape May County Charter and Party Boat Association, Sportfishing Fund
- Sunk:
- Tuesday May 30, 2017 - Townsends Inlet Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°06.500' -74°36.300'
- Depth:
- 60 ft
More: Fishermans Dream ...
- Type:
- 250 "Redbird" subway cars - NYC Subway system - steel bodies / frames
- Built:
- 1959-1960 - American Car & Foundry - Model R26 # 7750-7859
1960-1961 - American Car & Foundry - Model R28 # 7860-7959
1962-1963 - St. Louis Car - Model R29 # 8570-8805
1962-1963 - St. Louis Car - Model R33 # 8806-9345
1963-1964 - St. Louis Car - Model R36 # 9346-9769 - Specs:
- ( 51 x 9 ft ) 15,000 to 18,000 pounds (body)
- Sunk:
- 50 cars - Cape May Reef on July 3, 2003
50 cars - Deepwater Reef on July 16, 2003
50 cars - Atlantic City Reef on July 25, 2003
50 cars - Garden State North Reef on Sept 3, 2003
50 cars - Shark River Reef on Oct 14, 2003
619 cars - Delaware Reef 11 from Aug 2001 to Nov 2003 - Sponsor:
- New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
- anti-
Sponsor: - Environmental group Clean Ocean Action lobbied aggressively and almost successfully to prevent the use of these subway cars as artificial reefs in New Jersey, resulting in most of the cars going to other states.
- GPS:
- too many to list, and all gone anyway
- Depth:
- Depths vary by location between 80 ft and 130 ft.
More: Redbird Subway Cars ...
