New Jersey Scuba Diving

Type:

artificial reef, tugboat

Built:

1941, Newburgh NY as Carrie T. Meseck

Specs:

( 97 x 27 ft )

Sponsor:

Carbon Service Corp, GDF, Pessolano family

Dedication:

Vincent Pessolano

Sunk:

Thursday September 29, 1994 - Garden State North Artificial Reef

GPS:

39°37.697' -74°01.113'

Depth:

80 ft

Built in 1941, by Harry A. Marvel and Company of Newburgh, New York (hull #226) as the Carrie T. Meseck for Meseck Towing and Transportation of New York, New York. On May 29th, 1941 the tug was acquired by the United States Navy and designated YT-173 Manistee. The tug was converted for Naval service at Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, and placed in service on August 8th, 1941, allocated to the 3rd Naval District at New York City.

On May 15th, 1944 she was redesigned YTB-173 Manistee. The tug was placed out of service on August 30th, 1946, and struck from the Naval Register on December 13th, 1946. On February 26th, 1947 she was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal. In 1947, the tug was acquired by Meseck Towing and Transportation of New York, New York, and renamed back to Carrie T. Meseck.

In 1954, Meseck Towing and Transportation was acquired by the Moran Towing Company of New York, New York. In 1955, the Moran Towing Company renamed the tug Susan A. Moran. In 1958, she was transferred to the Moran Towing affiliate, the Curtis Bay Towing Company of Baltimore, Maryland, and renamed Wagners Point. In 1988, the Curtis Bay Towing Company was absorbed into the Moran Towing Corporation of New York, New York. In 1990, the tug was acquired by the John E. Moore Company of Baltimore, Maryland. She was a single screw tug, rated at 1,400 horsepower.