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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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American Lobster

Homarus americanus

Size: to 36" and 45 lbs. (record)

Habitat: subtidal to the edge of the continental shelf, in any sheltered spot

Notes:

Lobsters differ from shrimps in having three pairs of clawed legs, the first with very large claws. Southern "Spiny Lobsters" are only distantly related; freshwater crayfish are closer. Lobsters, or "Bugs", are mainly nocturnal, and feed primarily on living or freshly killed food rather than scavenging on carrion, as was once thought. Although they are predominantly solitary creatures, lobsters do have a sort of social life amongst themselves. Males are more aggressive than females and will form pecking orders among individuals in an area. Female lobsters apparently seek the protection of a male when molting, then mate afterward. Lobsters shed their shells once or twice a year, depending mainly on the temperature.

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