Artificial Reef Sites (10/25)

New York  New Jersey Delaware
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Fatuk reef
Type:
artificial reef, freighter
Built:
1963, Japan
Specs:
( 160 x 25 ft )
Sponsor:
US Customs Service, Fish America, Sportfish Fund
Sunk:
Thursday October 27, 1988 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:
39°37.609' -74°01.037'
Depth:
80 ft



The Fisherman reef
Type:
artificial reef, tanker barge
Specs:
( 242 x 42 ft )
Sponsor:
Spentonbush Red Star Company, Sportfish Fund
Sunk:
Thursday August 7, 1997 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°07.930' -73°55.942'
Depth:
70 ft

reef Fisherman's Dream
Type:
artificial reef, trawler
Built:
2000 - Gulf Coast Steel, Bayou La Bâtre AL USA as Discover
Specs:
( 80 ft ) 143 gross tons
Sponsor:
Mr. Nam Win, Cape May County Charter and Party Boat Association, Sportfishing Fund
Sunk:
Tuesday May 30, 2017 - Townsends Inlet Artificial Reef
GPS:
39°06.500' -74°36.300'
Depth:
60 ft

Fran S reef
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Built:
1899
Specs:
( 84 ft )
Sunk:
early 1970s - Atlantic Beach Reef
Depth:
80 ft
GPS:
40°31.711' -73°43.438'

sank during dredging operations

later raised, moved, and re-sunk as part of reef

intact, upright






Artificial Reef Sites

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Type:
tugboat (?)
Depth:
100 ft

This is a scattered wreck not far from the Great Isaac, clearly a small steel-hulled ship of some kind. There is a boiler and what looks like the remains of a section of hull sticking out of the sand a foot or two.

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