New Jersey Scuba Diving

King's Point

Type:
artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:
1956, Equitable Equipment Company, Madisonville LA USA
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
King's Point reef

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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King's Point reef
King's Point reef
King's Point reef

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Atlantic Mackerel

Atlantic Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Size
to 22" and 7 lbs.

Description
The Atlantic Mackerel is typically an open ocean fish with voracious feeding habits. They travel in schools that often contain thousands of fish. The swift swimming mackerel has a streamlined body and swims at high speeds for extended periods of time searching for food. All individuals within a specific school tend to be the same size. Since cruising speed increases significantly with age and size, scientists believe that conformity of body size within a specific school is necessary to allow all fish to maintain identical swimming speeds. Mackerel may grow as large as 7-1/2 pounds and have a maximum age of about 20 years.

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