Morania barge ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Morania barge

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Type:: artificial reef, barge
Built:: 1961, Beaumont TX USA
Specs:: ( 230 ft )
Sponsor:: Morania Oil Company
Sunk:: Monday June 6, 1988 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.301' -73°57.424'
Depth:: 75 ft

This is a very big flat-topped tanker barge. The stern is the most interesting area, with a small platform and myriad big pipes and valves, and a big notch in the transom where the tugboat would go. Good spearfishing in this area as well. The bow of the barge is less interesting. A number of open hatches in the deck at 65 ft allow access to the interior, which is very dark.