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Jet Trader YO-167

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Jet Trader reef
Type:
artificial reef, tanker
Built:
1944 Brooklyn NY (Bushey Yard)
Specs:
( 156 x 30 ft ) 440 tons
Sponsor:
Cleanwater of New York
Dedication:
Captain Andy Applegate
Sunk:
Friday September 2 2005 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:
39°13.850' -74°12.510'
Jet Trader reef
Jet Trader plied the Hudson River for many years, and there are quite a few photos of her

This former Navy YO-167 (Yard Oiler) was built in 1944 by Ira S. Bushey company in Brooklyn New York. In 1945, the tanker was allocated to 15th Naval District at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Postwar assigned to First Naval District at Casco Bay, ME. In 1965, she was acquired by the Eklof Marine Corporation of Staten Island, New York, and renamed Jet Trader. In 1993, the Eklof Marine Corporation was acquired by K-Sea Transportation Partnership Incorporated of Staten Island, New York. As a result of OPA '90 regulations that prohibited the transport of petroleum products by single skin vessels, Jet Trader was "laid up" at the K-Sea Transportation Partnership's yard in Mariner's Harbor in Staten Island, New York in 2004. Jet Trader is a twin to "Helis".

Jet Trader reef
Jet Trader makes her final voyage
Jet Trader reef
Jet Trader reef
Notice the large concrete block on the bow in the first shot, and not in the second. Anchors this big are expensive! It is probably an old buoy mooring.
As Navy oiler YO-167 in reserve near Pier A,
Philadelphia Inactive Ships Maintenance Facilty, circa 1962-63

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Sharks - Inshore

Here is an assortment of large sharks that can be found in New Jersey waters, by no means all of them. These are more likely to be found inshore in coastal waters. Sharks are seldom a danger to divers, they seem to be put off by the noise and bubbles. Nonetheless, all should be treated with caution.

In all my many inlet dives, I have seen a shark once, and that was in inoffensive Smooth Dogfish. I have been told that they are sometimes seen from up on the bridge in Belmar, but even then they would probably be out in mid-channel, and far away from strange noisy bubbling scuba divers. However, one of the most famous shark attacks of all time took place in New Jersey - the 1916 Matawan Creek attacks. See Bull Shark for details.

The only one of these that you are ever likely to encounter in local ocean diving is the relatively inoffensive Sand Tiger, not the similarly named and extremely dangerous Tiger.

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