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Artificial Reef Sites (19/27)

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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Ocean Wreck Divers III YON-84

Type:: artificial reef, barge, tank, US Navy
Built:: 1942, Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange TX USA
Specs:: ( 174 x 40 ft )
Sponsor:: Ocean Wreck Divers
Sunk:: Wednesday October 8, 1997 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°00.587' -73°59.391'

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Ocean Wreck Divers IV "The Bow"

Ocean Wreck Divers IV reef — Please support the Artificial Reef Program so that they can sink the rest of this ship !

Type:: artificial reef, tanker ( front half only )
Specs:: ( 85 x 30 ft )
Sponsor:: Ocean Wreck Divers
Sunk:: Friday August 7, 1998 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°07.750' -73°56.345'
Depth:: 70 ft

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Pair of Kings

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 132 ft )
Sponsor:: Ann E Clark Foundation, BassBarn.com
Sunk:: Wednesday August 10, 2005 - Wildwood Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°58.030' -74°41.050'

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PATH subway cars

Type:: 5 MP51 "K-Car" type PATH train cars ( the "Tubes" )
steel body / cement sub-flooring
Built:: 1958 onwards - St. Louis Car Company
( numbers between 1200 and 1249 )
Specs:: ( 51 x 9 x 12 ft ) 69,300 lbs, 44 seats
Sponsor:: SEPTA
Sunk:: Thursday July 19, 1990 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.675' -73°57.077'
Depth:: 70 ft

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Patrick McHugh

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1951, Matton Shipyard, Cohoes NY USA as Edward Matton
Specs:: ( 85 x 23 ft )
Sponsor:: Ocean Wreck Divers
Sunk:: Tuesday September 12, 2000 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°02.473' -73°59.599'
Depth:: 80 ft, top at 60 ft

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Pauline Marie FS-???

Type:: artificial reef, freighter, USA
Built:: 1944/1945 USA as FS-??? (US Army Design 381)
Specs:: ( 176 x 32 ft ) 560 tons
Sponsor:: Seacoast Products Inc, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:: Friday March 29, 1985 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°13.763' -74°12.182'
Depth:: 85 ft

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Peggy Diana LCM-6

Peggy Diana reef — Peggy Diana is the landing craft, not the tugboat.

Type:: artificial reef, LCM-6 (Landing Craft-Mechanized, see "Captain Henry")
Specs:: ( 56 x 14 ft ) 64 tons
Sponsor:: Army Transportation Corps
Sunk:: Saturday November 14, 1987 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°50.830' -74°42.510'

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Peregrine

Type:: artificial reef, houseboat, replica Spanish galleon
Specs:: ( 48 ft ) wood hull
Sunk:: 2002 - Yellowbar Artificial Reef
Depth:: 21 ft
GPS:: 40°38.030' -73°14.571'

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Point Swift WPB-82312

Type:: artificial reef, cutter, US Coast Guard
Built:: 1961, US Coast Guard Yard, Baltimore MD USA
Specs:: ( 83 x 17 ft )
Sponsor:: Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:: Thursday March 30, 2000 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°51.620' -74°40.600'

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Queen Mary

Type:: artificial reef, cabin cruiser
Specs:: ( 31 x 12 ft )
Sunk:: Saturday April 12, 1986 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: lost (LORAN 26873.3 43193.3 = 39.61944° -74.01639° (1989)
Depth:: 80 ft

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Omega Protein Artificial Reefs

Omega Protein with fishing partner Ocean Harvesters have a long history of collaborating with government agencies and non-profit organizations to offer retired vessels to artificial reef programs. The vessels that have been submerged act as a habitat for marine life, promoting biodiversity and creating recreational fishing and diving opportunities. The former vessels that have been sunk include the F/V Reedville off of the coast of Delaware in 2020, the F/V Barataria Bay off the coast of Mississippi in 2015, the F/V Great Wicomico in the Gulf of Mexico in 2009, and the F/V von Rosenberg off the coast of Mississippi in 2000.

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