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Choctaw

Choctaw reef — Photo courtesy of McAllister Towing

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Name:: An Indian tribe of south and central Mississippi, later forcibly moved to the Oklahoma territory.
Built:: 1966, Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn NY USA
Specs:: ( 90 x 24 ft ) 84 gross tons
Sponsor:: Spentonbush Red Star Company, Beach Haven Marlin & Tuna Club, Fish America, Atlantic County Reef Society
Sunk:: Tuesday April 7, 1991 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.894' -74°01.284'
Depth:: 75 ft

intact, semi-upright, surrounded by tire units

Choctaw reef

Choctaw reef — A close shave during the sinking. Unlike the Spartan, the movable pilothouse of this canal tug is in the up position.

Choctaw reef — Twin sister Crow

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Garden State North Artificial Reef

Garden State North Artificial Reef

6.5 Nautical Miles off Harvey Cedars, 1.50 sq miles
Depth: 65-85 ft [download]

Good Times and Queen Mary are plotted from 1989 LORAN numbers. Although the TDs are slightly different, the resulting conversions are identical. It doesn't matter, neither one is still there.

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Regulators - Octopuses

regulator

A "same-source" octopus is an extra second-stage regulator that attaches to the same first stage and air supply as your main regulator. Your own same-source octopus is only useful to your buddy, and then only if you are together. The only same-source octopus that will be of any use to you in an emergency will be your buddy's, not your own, and again, only if you are together. In the tropics, where you can see your buddy 100 ft across the reef and the likelihood of getting separated is slim, this scheme can work very well.

However, in the low visibility conditions of the North Atlantic, counting on your buddy to be there with your emergency backup air supply when you really need it is courting disaster. You can not and should not rely on any air source that is not on your own back.

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