Artificial Reef Sites (19/27)

Artificial Reefs

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PATH / SEPTA Subway Cars reef
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



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'

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'



Artificial Reef Sites

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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.