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Artificial Reef Sites (11/27)

Artificial Reefs

Dutch Springs
Huntington Artificial Reef
Kismet Artificial Reef
Matinecock Artificial Reef
Mattituck Artificial Reef
New Reef
Port Jefferson Artificial Reef
Smithtown Artificial Reef
Yellowbar Artificial Reef

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Fran S

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

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Francis Bushey

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, USA
Built:: 1957, Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn NY USA
Specs:: ( 247 x 42 ft )
Sponsor:: Spentonbush Red Star Company
Sunk:: Sunday April 13, 1986 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°14.203' -74°12.148'
Depth:: 100 ft

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Frieda Marie

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1976, Gulf Coast Marine Builders, Bayou La Batre AL as Miss Quality
Specs:: ( 85 ft ) 159 gross tons
Sunk:: Saturday, Jan 16, 2010 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'
Depth:

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Gary Smith

no photo available

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 43 ft )
Sunk:: Sunday Sept 5, 2010 - Barnegat Light Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°45.050' -74°01.400'

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Georgia

Type:: sport boat
Specs:: ( 35 ft )
Sponsor:: Elmer Dowd; Sportfish Fund
Sunk:: Saturday Oct 23, 1993 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°51.700' -74°42.900'
Depth:: 70 ft

Another mystery

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Georgia Moran

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1949, Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange TX as Barbara Moran
Specs:: ( 100 x 27 ft ) 238 tons
Sponsor:: Ann E Clark Foundation, South Jersey Fishing Center
Sunk:: Friday March 26, 2004 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°51.465' -74°42.016'
Depth:: 70 ft

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Golden Eagle

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1974, S & R Boat Builders, Bayou La Batre AL, as Brenda Jean
Specs:: ( 80 x 23 ft ) 114 gross tons
Sponsor:: Eagle Pharo Memorial
Sunk:: Friday December 19, 1997 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°08.190' -73°56.100'

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Good Ship Lollipop

Type:: artificial reef, excursion boat
Built:: 1946, J.W. Nolan & Sons, Erie PA USA
Specs:: ( 62 ft ) 12 gross tons
Sponsor:: Beach Haven Marlin & Tuna Club
Sunk:: Wednesday May 4 2005 - Garden State South Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°33.661' -74°06.204'

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Good Times

Type:: artificial reef, charter boat
Specs:: ( 52 x 14 ft )
Sunk:: Wednesday August 15, 1984 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: gone (LORAN 26873.0 43192.5 = 39.61944° -74.01639° (1989)
Depth:: 80 ft

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Gregory Poole AM-215

Type:: artificial reef, minesweeper, US Navy, later converted to purse seiner
Built:: 1944, Tampa Shipbuilding, Tampa FL USA as AM-215 Cruise
Specs:: ( 184 x 33 ft ) 650 tons
Sunk:: Monday, Dec 10, 2007 - DelJerseyLand Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°30.910' -74°30.597'
Depth:: 120 ft

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Lionfish

Pterois volitans

Size: to 17", usually smaller

Habitat: turning up all along the East Coast

Notes: venomous spines

This Indo-Pacific scorpionfish has been sighted in the wild in Florida and the Caribbean since the 1990s. In 2000 it began appearing off North Carolina. Two juveniles were found off Long Island in 2002, and in 2003 a two-inch yearling was collected in the Shark River. Of course, this popular pet is sighted daily in public and private aquariums all over the world.

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