New Jersey Scuba Diving

Dauntless

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1936, Jakobson Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York NY USA
Specs:: ( 80x24 ft ) 146 gross tons
Sunk:: Tuesday November 26, 2019 - 12-Mile Artificial Reef
Depth:: 125 ft
GPS:: 40°37.073' -72°31.094'

Built in 1936, by Jakobson Shipyard Incorporated of Brooklyn New York (hull #259) as the Dauntless No. 11 for the Dauntless Towing Company of New York, New York. In 1955, the tug was acquired by the Moran Towing Company of New York, New York, where she was renamed Martha Moran. In 1978, she was acquired by the Crosby Towboat Company of Boston, Massachusetts, where she was renamed back to Dauntless. In 1989, the tug was acquired by the C and M Towing Company of New York, New York, and retained her name. In 2005, she went out of documentation.

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Martha Moran

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is ny04_jane_tugboat_graveyard_june_2019.jpg — The tugboat graveyard in Staten Island, June 2019. Dauntless is in the center, Relentless immediately to the left, Jane to the right ( blue tarp. )

The Tugboat Graveyard

Note: the Dauntless' length was mis-reported as 100 feet. The correct figure is 80 feet.

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Doing It Right?

cave diver — A cave diver. This doesn't look very "minimalist" to me. In fact, this pile of junk would probably get you killed in the North Atlantic.

"DIR" or "Doing It Right" is a system of diving developed by cave divers which involves extremely rigid gear configurations and methodologies. To its adherents, DIR takes on an almost religious significance. For the true follower of DIR, no deviation may be tolerated, because DIR is perfection.

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DIR is designed for cave diving. The usual object of cave diving is to go in and come back out alive. In line with this goal of accomplishing essentially nothing, DIR espouses an absolutely minimal equipment kit: "When in doubt, leave it home." DIR also espouses teamwork, mutual interdependence, and close lock-step buddy diving, things that are pretty much unavoidable in the confines of a cave anyway.

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