Artificial Reef Sites (19/27) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

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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Iron & Steel Ship Construction

Iron and steel began to replace wood in ship construction in the middle to late 1800s. Timber-poor Europe ( especially England ) led in the development of iron ships, while America, with its vast reserves of lumber, continued to build wooden ships for some time longer. However, as the economical size of ships grew to surpass what could be built of wood, America too began constructing iron ships. For a few years, composite ships were built with iron frames and wooden skins, as seen at right, but difficulties with corrosion between the wood and metal soon led to hulls built completely of metal, both sailing ships and steamers.

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