Connie F

Type:
artificial reef, trawler
Built:
1960, Thomaston ME USA
Specs:
( 62x17 ft ) 57 gross tons
Sunk:
Jan 24, 2001 - Yellowbar Artificial Reef
Depth:
34 ft
GPS:
40°38.001 -73°14.479

wood hull

1960-1969

"This is a photo my father sent back to his wife and children back in Portugal shortly after arriving in the U.S. He is aboard the Connie F, a wooden boat owned by his brother Joseph, accompanied by the husband of his youngest sister, Gloria. The owner of the boat sponsored all but one of his siblings into the country and all men worked on the Connie F for different periods of time even when none of them had been fishermen in Portugal. Location: Pier 3."

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Type:
shipwreck, charter boat
Built:
1929, Carvel Beach, MD
Specs:
( 48 ft ) 25 GT
Sunk:
Wednesday 7/20/1960
scuttled
Depth:
80 ft

The Bonito was sunk as a "fish haven", an artificial reef in modern parlance. I'm sure there is nothing left of the wooden hull, and anything else has long since disappeared into the sand, but it is interesting for being one of the earliest documented reefs.