Artificial Reef Sites (2/25) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Antares

Type:: artificial reef, sailboat
Specs:: ( 41 x 8 ft )
Sponsor:: John Deckert
Sunk:: Friday April 19, 1996 - Barnegat Light Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°45.067' -74°01.892'

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APL-31

Type:: shipwreck, barge, barracks craft - personnel housing
Built:: September 30, 1944; Everett, WA. USA
Specs:: ( 261 x 49 ft ) 2,580 tons
Sponsor:: The Meyer Family
Dedication:: Jack Meyer
Sunk:: Monday July 23, 2001 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.600' -73°41.500'
Depth:: 125 ft

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Aqua II

Type:: artificial reef, barge, water
Built:: 1913, Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 110 x 30 ft )
Sponsor:: Eklof Marine Co., Marine Trades Assn. of NJ, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:: Saturday November 7, 1987 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.474' -74°01.217'
Depth:: 80 ft

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The Artificial Reef Program used four types of obsolete Army armored vehicles as artificial reef materials off the New Jersey coast. These were cleaned at local military bases, loaded onto barges for transport, and pushed off at their final destination. Once the Army had disposed of its excess inventory, the program ceased, around 1999. The Artificial Reef Program has sunk almost 400 tanks altogether, far too many to list them here in this website.

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Atlantic Mist

Type:: artificial reef, purse seiner, formerly Navy patrol craft
Built:: 1943, Albina Enine & Machine Works, Portland OR USA
Specs:: ( 185 x 33 ft ) 850 tons
Sunk:: Saturday, Jan 16, 2010 - DelJerseyLand Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°31.063' -74°30.271'
Depth:: 100 ft

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Austin

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1956 Tampa FL USA
Specs:: ( 65 ft ) 79 GT
Dedication:: John Grady III
Sunk:: Wednesday Sept 21, 2016 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°02.900' -73°59.000'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Bad Bob's Big Boat

Type:: artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:: 1947 Bath Maine USA
Specs:: ( 144x27 ft ) 393 tons
Sunk:: Wednesday April 17, 2002 - Moriches Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°43.402' -72°46.659

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Barbara Ann

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 75 x 28 ft )
Sponsor:: Capt Steve Nagiewicz
Dedication:: Barbara Ann Nagiewicz
Sunk:: Friday June 27, 2003 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°03.560' -73°59.300'
Depth:: 80 ft

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barge etc

The larger tug *Ranger* was sunk on the Manasquan Reef

Type:: artificial reef, barge, etc
Specs:: ( 140 ft )
Sunk:: Thursday January 14, 2021 - Little Egg Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°28.340' -74°11.083'

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barges - Atlantic Beach Artificial Reef

Type:: artificial reef, barges
Depth:: 55 - 64 ft

Name	Description	Sunk	GPS
	80 ft steel		40°31.884' -73°43.297'
	85 ft steel		40°31.942' -73°42.894'
	100 ft steel		40°31.631' -73°43.029'
	140 ft steel		40°31.736' -73°42.736'
	150 ft steel		40°31.903' -73°43.166'
	150 ft wood		40°31.762' -73°43.306'
	75 ft steel	Thursday Nov 14, 2019	40°31.604' -73°43.611'

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