Shinnecock Artificial Reef

Maroca    46-vessel Marlu     Sea Mist  Lieutenant Mayflower Mandy Ray Reliable  Tender 6  Brenton   dredge    drydock   DS-106    Shannon C

Depth: 79 - 84 ft

Shinnecock Artificial Reef

Not Shown:

  • 46 ft pleasure craft - 1987
  • 2 tugboats
  • 9 barges
  • 1,000 tire units

In the old version of the website, I had the names Marlu and Maroca recorded for this reef. When I got the new photos off most of the reefs, Maroca became apparent - it is spray-painted on the transom of the vessel. Marlu was harder, but I think I have that one figured out as well. I also had a second drydock at Fire Island that I think belongs here. New York's reef program was moribund for so long that the records are unclear.

Reef site coordinates differ from NOAA Navigational Charts.

side-scan sonar image of Shinnecock Reef, click to enlarge

Note the remains of the drydock at lower-left, the square lighthouse at top-center, with Marlu and Mandy Ray to the right. The freckles at the upper-left are Army tanks.








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