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Miss Beth

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Miss Beth reef
Type:
artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:
1974 - Andy International - Brownsville TX, USA
Specs:
( 80 x 20 ft ) 146 gross tons
Sunk:
Tuesday January 29, 2008 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°53.237' -74°40.545'
Miss Beth reef
Miss Beth reef

You can tell a lot about the method of sinking from these pictures. In the first one, three rectangular tan patches are weakly welded over three holes that were cut in the hull above the waterline. There are three matching ones on the other side. They are located to open up any compartments inside the hull, which have likewise been holed.

In the second picture, you can see the patches have been knocked out with a sledgehammer. Then a seacock is opened to start the flooding process. This is very slow, by itself, a seacock would take hours to sink the vessel. Hours and hours and hours. But with the big open holes in the hull, as soon as the first one touches the waterline, the process speeds up considerably.

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Portholes & Deck Lights

porthole diagram

Portholes are used to let light and air into a ship. They are usually constructed of brass for corrosion resistance, which makes them highly desirable as collector's items. The drawing at right shows all the major parts:

  • The immovable backing plate, bolted to the vessel's hull, which carries the hinges for the swing plate and deadlight
  • The glass swing plate, which is secured shut by large butterfly nuts called 'dogs'
  • The deadlight, used when it is desired to black-out the vessel, as in time of war

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