King's Point
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1956, Madisonville LA
- Specs:
- ( 100 x 27 ft ) 264 tons
- Sponsor:
- Ann E Clark Foundation, South Jersey Fishing Center
- Sunk:
- Friday March 26, 2004 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°51.475' -74°42.029'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
Built in 1956, by Equitable Equipment of Madisonville, Louisiana (hull #931) for the Curtis Bay Towing Company of Baltimore, Maryland. In 1958, the company became an affiliate of the Moran Towing Corporation of New York, New York. In 1988, the Curtis Bay Towing Company was absorbed into the Moran Towing Corporation of New York, New York. She was a single screw tug, rated at 2,400 horsepower. Sister to Fells Point.
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Cape May Artificial Reef
8.5 Nautical Miles off Cape May
Depth: 50-75 ft [download]
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1956, Madisonville, LA
- Specs:
- ( 110 ft )
- Sunk:
- Monday June 2, 2008 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°40.540' -74°43.957'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1949, Orange TX as Barbara Moran
- Specs:
- ( 100 x 27 ft ) 238 tons
- Sponsor:
- Ann E Clark Foundation, South Jersey Fishing Center
- Sunk:
- Friday March 26, 2004 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°51.465' -74°42.016'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
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Founded in 1860, by Michael Moran as a towing and brokerage firm, the Moran Towing and Transportation Company of New York, New York. In 1863, the company transitioned from a brokerage firm to an owner/operator of towing vessels when the company acquired a one-half interest in the tugboat Ida Miller for $2,700. In 1880, Michael Moran painted the first white "M" on the stack of a Moran tugboat.
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