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Artificial Reef Sites (5/27)

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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Big Mama

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1925, Bethlehem Wilmington, Wilmington DE as Stroudsburg
Specs:: ( 103 ft ) 195 GT
Sponsor:: Hay's Tug & Launch, GDF, Jersey Fresh Seafood Festival
Sunk:: Sunday June 9, 1995 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°13.961' -74°12.926'
Depth:: 75 ft

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Big Time (Peter's Reef)

Type:: artificial reef, USA
Built:: 1956, Holland
Specs:: ( 55 ft )
Sunk:: August 2021 - Fire Island Artificial Reef
Depth:: 70 ft
GPS:: 40°36.027' -73°13.151'

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Billy D ST-842

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, US Army
Built:: 1945, American Machinery Company, Orlando CA USA, as ST-842, R.J. Wales
Specs:: ( 80 x 23 ft )
Sponsor:: Artificial Reef Association
Sunk:: Sunday July 27, 1997 - Shark River Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.320' -73°41.855'
Depth:: 125 ft

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Blue Crown

Type:: artificial reef, freighter, Panama
Specs:: ( 205 x 40 ft )
Sponsor:: Coors Brewing Company, US Army, Artificial Reef Association, Sportfish Fund, US Customs Service
Sunk:: Friday June 10, 1994 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°14.138' -74°12.357'
Depth:: 100 ft

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Boston Lightship WLV-189

Type:: artificial reef, lightship, USA
Name:: Named for the harbor that it served as marker for during its long active career.
Built:: 1946, Devoe Shipbuilding, Bay City MI USA
Specs:: ( 128 x 30 ft ) 630 tons
Sponsor:: Atlantic County, Trump Casino, Atlantic City Seafood Festival, Artificial Reef Association, Atlantic County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:: Friday January 28, 1994 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°15.444' -74°14.004'
Depth:: 85 ft

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Brenton Reef Lighthouse

Type:: artificial reef, light tower, USA
built:: 1962, US Coast Guard
Specs:: 87 ft tall
Sunk:: Friday January 8, 1993 - Shinnecock Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°48.139' -72°28.526'

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Brightliner Subway Cars

Type:: ~100 "Brightliner" subway cars - NYC Subway system
Built:: 1963-1964 - Budd Company - Model R32 # 3350-3949
1966-1967 - St. Louis Car - Model R38 # 3950-4149
1967-1969 - St. Louis Car - Model R40 # 4150-4349
1969-1970 - St. Louis Car - Model R42 # 4550-4949
Specs:: ( 60 x 10 ft ) 10 tons ( all, typical, body only )
Sunk:: 44 cars were sunk on Atlantic City Reef on April 3, 2008
more in Cape May reef and Delaware reefs
Sponsor:: New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA )
GPS:: too many to list, and all gone anyway
Depth:: Depths vary by location

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Brooklyn DPC-15

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1943, Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA USA as DPC-15, later Brooklyn
Specs:: ( 86 x 24 ft ) 146 GT, 9 crew
Sponsor:: Friends of the Norma K
Sunk:: Tuesday October 30, 2001 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°03.390' -73°59.550'

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C.ANN

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: see below, 1977, previously Margaret Ann II, Capt Seaweed
Specs:: ( 62x19 ft )
Sunk:: Oct 2025 - Manasquan Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40.073167 -73.981057
Depth:: 75 ft

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caisson

Type:: artificial reef, drydock gate
Specs:: ( 110 ft )
Sunk:: Saturday July 27, 2019 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°14.080' -74°12.862'
Depth:: 90 ft

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The Manasquan River is overall not as nice a place to dive as the Shark River. The currents are stronger, the water never seems as clean, and the bottom is silty wherever it is not covered with mussels. The inlet jetties can be downright dangerous, and the boat traffic in the channel there is often very heavy. Off the north jetty is the so-called "Manasquan Wreck", but this is a long swim from shore and probably best approached with a boat.

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