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Artificial Reef Sites (22/27)

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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Sea Transporter YF-879

Type:: artificial reef, trawler, USA
Specs:: ( 133 x 30 ft )
Built:: 1945, American Bridge, Ambridge PA, as YF-879
Sponsor:: Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association, Atlantic Cape Fisheries, Artificial Reef Association
Sunk:: Friday August 21, 1992 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°53.118' -74°40.190'
Depth:: 70 ft

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Shamrock

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 48 ft )
Sponsor:: Shamrock Marine Towing
Sunk:: Monday September 12 2005 - Ocean City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°09.935' -74°33.940'

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Shearwater FS-411

USNS Shearwater reef — *Shearwater*, with *Tamaroa* behind

Type:: artificial reef, freighter, purse seiner
Built:: 1945, Hickinbotham Brothers, Stockton CA USA as FS-411 (US Army)
Specs:: ( 166 x 32 ft ) 542 tons
Sunk:: Dec 11, 2015 - DelJerseyLand Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°31.661' -74°30.607'
Depth:: 120 ft

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Shirley Ann

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 80 x 28 ft )
Sunk:: Thursday May 9, 1985 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.399' -74°01.668'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Smoke II

Type:: artificial reef, fire boat
Built:: 1958, Equitable Equipment Company, New Orleans LA USA
Specs:: ( 52 ft, 34 tons )
Sponsor:: FDNY, Ann E Clark Foundation
Sunk:: Friday August 8, 2008 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°07.829' -73°56.379'

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Snug Harbor

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1954, N.R. Norton Welding Co, Bayou La Batre, AL USA
Specs:: ( 65 ft ) 50 GT
Sponsor:: Manasquan River Marlin & Tuna Club, Ann E Clark Foundation
Sunk:: Saturday January 28, 2006 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°03.452' -73°59.985'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Socatean

The pilot house belongs to the tugboat behind

Type:: artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:: 1964, Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset MA, as Joseph & Lucia II
Specs:: ( 88 x 23 ft ) 179 gross tons
Sunk:: Thursday January 4, 2024 - Mattituck Artificial Reef
Depth:: ~80 ft
GPS:: 40°03.396' -72°34.186'

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Southern Sword

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, USA, converted to barge
Built:: 1918, Globe Shipbuilding, Superior WI, as Contoocook, later Elda
Specs:: ( 251' x 43 ft ) 2344 gross tons
Sunk:: Monday March 18, 1946
foundered
GPS:: 38°36.769' -74°56.878' (DNREC)
Depth:: 60 ft

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Southwick's

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Built:: 1989
Specs:: ( 62 x 22 ft )
Sponsor:: Berman family, United Jewish Community Fund of Harrisburg
Sunk:: Friday Sept 13, 2002 - Little Egg Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°28.560' -74°11.300'

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Spaghetti Pile

Type:: artificial reef, steel communications cable
Sunk:: 2000 - 2005 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°14.150' -74°13.100'
GPS:: 39°14.038' -74°13.150'

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New Developments in Artificial Reefs

Pauline Marie reef — The *Pauline Marie* sinks slowly on the Atlantic City Reef.

By Evelyn DeWitt Myatt & Bill Figley, 1986

It's hard to imagine anything that could have looked more forlorn than the rusty old freighter whose proud seagoing days were a thing of the past. Floating idly at her berth awaiting her fate, she was a victim of nature's ravages that had left her beautiful only in the eyes of her old captain and crew. The Pauline Marie, however, was not destined to be the victim of a cutting torch that would turn her into a tangle of scrap steel. Instead, she was acquired by the New Jersey Artificial Reef Program and went down with dignity as an artificial reef in March 1985. She now provides continuing services from her watery grave in the Atlantic, some twelve miles off Atlantic City, and her appeal to marine life is undeniable. Her interior compartments now shelter fish and crustaceans; her decks now provide substrate for mussels, soft corals, and plant life; and her newfound productivity has put delicious seafood on many tables.

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