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Troy

Troy reef

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1955, Matton Shipyard, Cohoes NY USA as Matton
Specs:: ( 90 x 20 ft )
Sponsor:: Joe Williams, Ocean City Marlin & Tuna Club, Atlantic County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:: Friday April 27, 1990 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°15.290' -74°14.060'
Depth:: 75 ft

Troy reef — The canal tug Troy sank in Absecon Inlet in 1979. It was eventually raised but never repaired, hence the decrepit appearance.

Troy reef

Troy reef

Troy reef — As Matton (top) and Kathleen Turecamo, with distinctive Turecamo woodgrain paint job ( see Matt Turecamo )

Built in 1954, by Matton Shipyard of Cohoes, New York (hull #322) as the Matton for the Matton Shipyard Company. When Turecamo acquired the shipyard, the tug was renamed Kathleen Turecamo. The tug was later sold and renamed Troy, scrapped in 1990.

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Conger Eel

Conger Eel

Conger oceanicus

Size
to 7 1/2 ft and 90 lbs., usually smaller

Description
The Conger Eel closely resembles the American Eel, Anguilla rostrata, but is distinguishable by its longer snout and the very large dorsal fin that originates much closer to the pectoral fins. The Conger is also larger, frequently attaining a weight of 10 to 20 pounds and a length of 5 to 7 feet. Its European cousin, Conger conger, is even more spectacular, occasionally tipping the scales at 130 pounds and measuring over 12 feet in length. The American Conger is gray above and white underneath. The dorsal and anal fins have broad black margins. Overall, the Conger appears much lighter than the freshwater eel, thus the common name Silver Eel. The species is distributed from Massachusetts to south Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico westward to Mississippi.

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