Socatean

The pilot house belongs to the tugboat behind
Type:
artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:
1964, Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset MA, as Joseph & Lucia II
Specs:
( 88 x 23 ft ) 179 gross tons
Sunk:
Thursday January 4, 2024 - Mattituck Artificial Reef
Depth:
~80 ft
GPS:
40°03.396' -72°34.186'
a classic old side-trawler

It took some digging to figure out this one: built as Joseph & Lucia II in 1964 by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset MA. Later renamed Christine & Julie, finally Socatean.

Georges Bank, 1980
as Christine & Julie in New Bedford MA, 2006
with expanded wheelhouse and modern outriggers

O/N 297224, IMO 6506616, MMSI 366917230


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Shipwreck Texel
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, USA
Name:
Texel is the easternmost of the Frisian islands off the coast of Holland, which are similar to our own barrier islands.
Built:
1913, Denmark
Specs:
( 331 x 48 ft ) 3220 gross tons, 36 crew
Sunk:
Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties
Depth:
230 ft

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