New Jersey Scuba Diving

AJ McAllister YNT-12

Ann E Clark reef

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1939, Southern Shipbuilding, Slidell LA as Rowen Card
Specs:: ( 106 x 26 ft ) 263 tons
Sponsor:: Ann E Clark Foundation
Sunk:: Thursday Sept 25, 2003 - Deepwater Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°58.004' -74°10.721'

Built in 1939, by Canulette Shipbuilding Company of Slidell, Louisiana (hull #983) as the Rowen Card for the Card Towing Company of Norfolk, Virginia. In 1940, she was acquired by the United States Navy and designated YN-44 Tamaha. Later redesignated as the YNT-12. In 1947, the tug was returned to the Card Towing Company of Norfolk, Virginia, and renamed Rowen Card. In 1947, she was acquired by the McAllister Brothers Towing Company of New York, New York, and renamed A.J. McAllister. Originally powered by a single, Winton Diesel engine. The tug was repowered in 1960, she was a single screw tug, rated at 1,800 horsepower.

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Ann E Clark reef — circa 1941, New York, as net tender Tamaha YNT-12

Ann E Clark reef

Ann E Clark reef

Ann E Clark reef

The A.J. McAllister is right on the edge of the permitted reef area, and part of it probably sticks out. The NJ Artificial Reef Program does not show it in their official lists, along with the Diver's Abyss, which is slightly outside the reef.

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On Your Own: the Buddy System Rebutted

By Bob Halstead

Buddies are not essential for a safe dive. On the contrary, buddies often increase the risk of a dive, either directly through unpredictable or unreliable actions, or indirectly, through an unfounded belief that security is enhanced by numbers alone, regardless of the training or state of mind of the buddy. In most instances, a competent solo diver would be much safer than the average buddy dive.

Most textbooks do not define the buddy system - an interesting point in itself. I define it as the situation that occurs when two divers of similar interests and equal experience and ability share a dive, continuously monitoring each other throughout entry, the dive, and the exit, and remaining within such distance that they could render immediate assistance to each other if required.

Obviously, this definition represents the ideal, and upon honest examination, it's clear that it has little to do with the reality as practiced by most divers. The truth is that on most dives, the buddy system fails.

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