New England Coast

Type:
artificial reef, tugboat, Dann Marine, USA
Built:
1966 - Houma LA, as New England Sun
Specs:
( 105 x 30 ft ) 184 gross tons
Sunk:
Friday July 7, 2023 - Shark River Artificial Reef
GPS:
PRIVATE
Depth:
125 ft

The New England Coast is a secret reef, sunk with no public notice or announcement. The New England Coast was sunk at an undisclosed location on the Shark River Reef. This site and the Carrabassett are the subjects of "a period of successional development and monitoring." * We will all have to wait for the peer-reviewed paper to be published in a scientific journal. Perhaps it will even include the GPS numbers! Here is the NJDEP contact form if you would like to inquire about the progress of these studies:

* I imagine this study is a lot like this one, conducted by NJDEP fisheries biologists Jennifer Resciniti and Bill Figley over the course of 8 years, concluding in 2005.

Sponsored in part by donations to thesportfishingfund.org, using resources from the state of New Jersey.

Built in 1966, by Main Iron Works Incorporated of Houma, Louisiana (hull #166) as New England Sun for the Sun Oil Transportation Company Incorporated of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. In 1997 the tug was acquired by the Dann Marine Towing Company of Chesapeake City, Maryland, where she was renamed New England Coast. In 2017 the tug was placed out of service, and "laid up".

Powered by a single, EMD 16-567-D5LL diesel engine with a Falk-MRVF 6-5790881 reduction gear, at a ratio of 3.452:1. Turning a single, five bladed, 106(in) by 75(in), fixed pitch, propeller. She is a single screw tug, rated 2,200 horsepower. Her electrical service is provided by two, 60 kW Delco AC generators. Driven by two, Detroit Diesel 6-71 diesel engines. Her capacities are 38,276 gallons of fuel oil, 1,340 gallons of lube oil, 100 gallons of waste oil, 13,000 gallons of water. Her towing gear consists of two, Beebe winch 63R-RC winches mounted on the bow.

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Working as New England Sun
New England Coast on its secret sinking day ... Shhh !!!

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Red Beard Sponge

Sponges grow at all depths, and in brackish and freshwater also. They may occur as thin encrusting coatings on rocks and wood, or as long thin branching fingers attached to the bottom, or in the typical rounded form that has been used for centuries as ... a sponge!

The Red Beard Sponge Microciona prolifera is the commonest and most colorful of several sponges that grow in the region. Sponges also occur in shades of yellow and white and often grow in a much lower, spreading, and encrusting form, especially in areas of high currents. They are the most primitive of multi-celled animals, lacking distinct tissues and organs.

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