Artificial Reef Sites (2/25)

New York  New Jersey Delaware
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APL-31 reef
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

Aqua II reef
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

M60 tanks reef
M60 tanks undergo a thorough cleaning before use as reefs

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.



Austin reef
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


Barbara Ann reef
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

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'

80 ft steel barge
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'

Artificial Reef Sites

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Shipwreck John Minturn
Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
Built:
1841, Westerly RI USA
Specs:
( 119 x 27 ft ) 398 tons
Sunk:
Thursday February 15, 1846
ran aground in storm - approximately 10 survivors and 40 dead
Depth:
20 ft

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