New Jersey Scuba Diving

Type:

artificial reef, tanker - Spentonbush Company, USA (Hess Oil)

Built:

1932, Brooklyn NY USA (Bushey Yard)

Specs:

( 110 ft )

Sponsor:

Spectra Services

Sunk:

Saturday June 3, 1989 - Sandy Hook Artificial Reef

GPS:

40°21.525' -73°56.110'

Depth:

60 ft

V.L. Keegan was built in 1932, by Ira S. Bushey and Sons of Brooklyn, New York for Spentonbush Fuel Transport, Incorporated. She was acquired by the United States Navy where she was designated YO-166 during World War II. The unit was later acquired by the Eklof Marine Corporation of Staten Island, New York where she was named back to V.L. Keegan.

Both the Keegan and the Dorothy sank at a dock in the Raritan River and were cut up in place and loaded onto a barge prior to reefing.