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Francis Bushey

Francis S Bushey reef
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
Francis S Bushey reef
Francis S Bushey reef
Francis S Bushey reef side-scan
Side-scan sonar - intact, but upside-down

Historic photo courtesy of McAllister Towing.

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u03 - AWOIS 1609

NM22/46 -- DERRICK BARGE WRECK LIGHTED BUOY 3, BLACK, QK FL GREEN, ESTABLISHED IN 62 FT., 1.75 MILES, 63 DEG. FROM SCOTLAND LIGHT VESSEL. BUOY LOCATED 200 FEET EAST OF SUNKEN WRECK WHICH LIES IN A SE-NW DIRECTION.

H10224/86 -- OPR-C121-WH-86; MAIN SCHEME HYDROGRAPHY AND SIDE-SCAN SONAR INVESTIGATION REVEALED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A WRECK IN FOUR PIECES 447M SW OF WRECK; FOUR DIVES WERE PERFORMED IN 1987; FOUND A BARGE, APPROXIMATELY 50 X 120 FT WITH A PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE LEAST DEPTH OF 63 FT; 0-5 FT VISIBILITY; A STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO A DERRICK CRANE WAS FOUND; HYDROGRAPHER AND EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED DELETING CHARTED SYMBOL AND ADDING 63 WK AS SHOWN ON PRESENT SURVEY. (UPDATED MSD 4/91)

24 NO. 1350; BARGE, SUNK 5/30/46; POS. ACCURACY WITHIN 1 MILE;

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