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Winthrop

Winthrop reef
Type:
artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:
1948, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA
Specs:
( 117 x 24 ft ) 195 gross tons
Sponsor:
Eirek's Dock, Fish America Foundation
Sunk:
Wednesday July 12, 1989 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°50.825' -74°43.312'
Depth:
60 ft

The Winthrop sank at its dock in Cape May and remained there for 5 years before being raised and re-sunk as a reef.

Winthrop reef
It appears that the transom was cut away to put the dredge over the stern
Winthrop reef side-scan
Side-scan sonar image

Winthrop was one of twenty sisters built at Bath Iron Works. They were given to the French government under the Marshal Plan to make up for losses to the fishing fleet in World War II. Winthrop is sister to Laita, cousin to Bad Bob's Big Boat.

I have been unable to determine which of the original sisters ended up as the Winthrop:

  • Charles Massot - 1948
  • Gris Brumaire - 1948
  • Jean-Pierre Robert - 1948
  • Lucien Marie - 1948
  • Lucien Gougy - 1948
  • Marcel-Peyronnie - 1948
  • Jean-Marthe - 1948
  • Massabielle - 1948
  • Kerolay - 1948
  • Steyr - 1948
  • St. Pierre Eglise - 1948
  • Edouard Goughy - 1948
  • Men Gwen - 1948
  • Laita - 1948
  • Pierre Descelliers - 1948
  • Armand Crespin - 1948
  • Ker-Ysa - 1949
  • Saint Joachim - 1949
  • Doux Frimaire - 1949
  • Patron Roger Dupuy - 1949

At least I know which one it isn't.

A sister

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Artificial Reefs History

New Developments in Artificial Reefs

Pauline Marie reef
The Pauline Marie sinks slowly on the Atlantic City Reef.

By Evelyn DeWitt Myatt & Bill Figley, 1986

It's hard to imagine anything that could have looked more forlorn than the rusty old freighter whose proud seagoing days were a thing of the past. Floating idly at her berth awaiting her fate, she was a victim of nature's ravages that had left her beautiful only in the eyes of her old captain and crew. The Pauline Marie, however, was not destined to be the victim of a cutting torch that would turn her into a tangle of scrap steel. Instead, she was acquired by the New Jersey Artificial Reef Program and went down with dignity as an artificial reef in March 1985. She now provides continuing services from her watery grave in the Atlantic, some twelve miles off Atlantic City, and her appeal to marine life is undeniable. Her interior compartments now shelter fish and crustaceans; her decks now provide substrate for mussels, soft corals, and plant life; and her newfound productivity has put delicious seafood on many tables.

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