Artificial Reef Sites (7/27)

Artificial Reefs

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Type:
artificial reef, pleasure boat
Specs:
( 36 ft )
Sunk:
Dec 7, 1999 - Yellowbar Artificial Reef
Depth:
35 ft
GPS:
40°38.014' -73°14.431'


Choctaw reef
Photo courtesy of McAllister Towing
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Name:
An Indian tribe of south and central Mississippi, later forcibly moved to the Oklahoma territory.
Built:
1966, Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn NY USA
Specs:
( 90 x 24 ft ) 84 gross tons
Sponsor:
Spentonbush Red Star Company, Beach Haven Marlin & Tuna Club, Fish America, Atlantic County Reef Society
Sunk:
Tuesday April 7, 1991 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:
39°37.894' -74°01.284'
Depth:
75 ft


Artificial Reef Sites

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Shipwreck Coimbra
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, England
Name:
Coimbra is an important city and university in east-central Portugal.
Built:
1937, Germany
Specs:
( 423 x 60 ft ) 6768 gross tons, 40 crew
Sunk:
Thursday January 15, 1942
torpedoed by U-123 - 34 casualties
Depth:
190 ft, starts at 165 ft