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Sam Berman

Sam Berman reef

Type:: artificial reef, tanker
Built:: 1947, Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn NY USA as Philip Lemler
Specs:: ( 160 x 30 ft ) 478 tons
Sponsor:: Crystal Oil Corporation, Marine Trades Assn. of NJ, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:: Thursday September 10, 1987 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.440' -73°41.180'
Depth:: 125 ft

Built in the Ira Bushey yard for Spentonbush Fuel

Sam Berman reef — Awaiting final disposition, next to the Alan Martin.

Sam Berman reef

Sam Berman reef — Just beginning to sink

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