New Jersey Scuba Diving

Type:

artificial reef, trawler

Specs:

( 77 ft )

Sponsor:

Townsends Inlet Fluke Tournament, Ann E Clark Foundation

Sunk:

Tuesday April 10, 2007 - Townsends Inlet Artificial Reef

GPS:

39°06.476' -74°36.471'

Depth:

60 ft

I can't find anything about this vessel. If anyone knows anything about this boat, please send it in. Ha Long Bay ( or Halong Bay ) is in Vietnam; perhaps that is a clue as to the previous owner. The vessel is cut-down, and the letters "Ha" have been removed, along with any other identification. I wish the reef program would report hull numbers, that would make identifications much easier. As it is, we'll probably never know what this one was.

This one has had almost the entire hull side cut off. I really don't see how the rusty steel is worth more than the acetylene and the labor. Note the square plywood patch over the flooding hole. The patch is removed, and water is pumped in until the hole reaches the water level, at which point it is all over.