Cape May Artificial Reef
Cape May Artificial Reef
8.5 Nautical Miles off Cape May, 5.34 sq miles
Depth: 50-75 ft [download]
Cape May reef also contains large numbers of tire units and Army tanks (not shown) concentrated in the center area that appears here to be empty. This reef also received 50 redbird subways cars, which are not plotted. The Onondaga drifted slightly out of the reef boundaries, and the state does not list it, but it is there.
- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, clam dredge, USA
- Built:
- 1948, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA
- Specs:
- ( 117 x 24 ft ) 195 gross tons
- Sponsor:
- Eirek's Dock, Fisherman Magazine
- Sunk:
- Thursday October 16, 1986 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°51.860' -74°42.965'
- Depth:
- 65 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, cutter, US Coast Guard
- Specs:
- ( 120 x 22 ft )
- Sponsor:
- The Dr Tom Natoli family
- Sunk:
- Thursday September 20, 2001 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°51.810' -74°40.590'
More: Heritage Hull / Dr Tom's ...
- Type:
- sport boat
- Specs:
- ( 35 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Elmer Dowd; Sportfish Fund
- Sunk:
- Saturday Oct 23, 1993 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°51.700' -74°42.900'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
Another mystery
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Built:
- circa 1940
- Specs:
- ( 150 x38 ft )
- Sponsor:
- US Navy, NJCDC, Carbon Services Corp, Artificial Reef Association, Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
- Sunk:
- Friday April 9, 1993 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°50.959' -74°42.385'
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The Artificial Reef Program used four types of obsolete Army armored vehicles as artificial reef materials off the New Jersey coast. These were cleaned at local military bases, loaded onto barges for transport, and pushed off at their final destination. Once the Army had disposed of its excess inventory, the program ceased, around 1999. The Artificial Reef Program has sunk almost 400 tanks altogether, far too many to list them here in this website.
More: Army Tanks ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Specs:
- ( 133 x 30 ft )
- Built:
- 1945, American Bridge, Ambridge PA, as YF-879
- Sponsor:
- Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association, Atlantic Cape Fisheries, Artificial Reef Association
- Sunk:
- Friday August 21, 1992 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°53.118' -74°40.190'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
More: Sea Transporter YF-879 ...
