Austin ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Austin

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Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1956 Tampa FL USA
Specs:: ( 65 ft ) 79 GT
Dedication:: John Grady III
Sunk:: Wednesday Sept 21, 2016 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°02.900' -73°59.000'
Depth:: 80 ft

Austin was originally used as a shrimp boat that fished the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to as far south as Campeche, Mexico. She was bought in 1966 by a local fisherman, brought to Point Pleasant, and converted to a trawler. She fished the local waters until she was decommissioned in 2013.