New Jersey Scuba Diving

Carol Moran

Carol Moran reef
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
Carol Moran reef

Built in 1949, by Levingston Shipyard of Orange, Texas ( hull #444 ) as the Carol Moran for the Moran Towing Company of New York, New York. The tug was the fourth of series of five Grace Moran class tugs designed by naval architect Joe Hack, often referred to as "Moran's Cadillacs." ( See Georgia Moran and King's Point. ) She was powered by a single Cleveland 16-278A diesel-electric engine. She was a single screw tug, rated at 1,750 horsepower. In 1987 the tug suffered a fire and was donated to New Jersey to be used as an artificial reef.

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Carol Moran reef
Carol Moran reef
Carol Moran reef
Carol Moran reef
Under tow to the reef site

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Fishing Vessels

small commercial fishing vessel
A small commercial fishing vessel of unknown type, although the bushels on deck would imply that she was after some kind of shellfish.

There are three basic types of commercial fishing vessels found in the Mid-Atlantic region: trawlers, seiners/gill-netters, and long-liners. A trawler or "dragger" operates by towing its fishing gear across the bottom. Weighted nets take bottom fishes, while cage-like steel dredges take clams and scallops. A seiner uses a floating net to encircle schools of surface-swimming fishes such as herring and tuna. A long-liner sets out miles of buoyed line with baited hooks to catch sharks, tuna, and swordfish. One could also add lobster boats and charter fishing or "head" boats to this list. And of course, dive boats.

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