Restorer

Restorer reef
Type:
artificial reef, trawler
Specs:
( 62 ft )
Sponsor:
Bob Henry
Sunk:
Friday December 19, 1997 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°08.005' -73°56.025'

The Restorer sank unexpectedly while under tow. The situation was complicated by the fact that she was the center vessel of a string of three. The tugboat crew severed the tow line to the Restorer in a nick of time, but as she went down, the other towline to the Golden Eagle catapulted that vessel perilously close to the tug. In the end, everything worked out.


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SS United States Finally Leaves Philadelphia to Begin Its Last Chapter

By Forrest Brown and Danny Freeman, CNN
Wed February 19, 2025

The storied ocean liner SS United States leaves its Philadelphia pier in the Delaware River on Wednesday. From SS United States Conservancy/Facebook

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