Artificial Reef Sites (9/26)

Artificial Reefs

The pink and white areas are shipping lanes. 'Natural' shipwrecks are depicted with a wreck symbol.

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Dorothy & V.L. Keegan
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat (cut into pieces)
Specs:
( 65 ft )
Sponsor:
Spectra Services
Sunk:
Saturday June 3, 1989 - Sandy Hook Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°21.555' -73°56.103'
Depth:
60 ft


DVD Banana Barge
Type:
artificial reef, barge
Name:
Named for the Delaware Valley Divers club, who sponsored it,
and their peculiar aversion to nature's perfect packaging.
Specs:
( 140 x 40 ft )
Sponsor:
Delaware Valley Divers club & Peter King
Sunk:
Monday September 14, 1998 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°06.400' -73°57.080'
Depth:
65 ft

Dykes reef
Type:
artificial reef, schooner barge, USA
( The small smokestack in the pictures is for an electrical generator. )
Built:
1919, Union Shipbuilding, Baltimore MD USA
Specs:
( 306 x 35 ft ) 2072 tons, 14 crew
Sponsor:
Modern Transportation Co.
Sunk:
July 1983 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°06.964' -73°57.571'
Depth:
65 ft


Hooters reef
An undignified end for the sole remaining CRRNJ ferry Elizabeth
Type:
artificial reef, ferry, Central Railroad of New Jersey, USA
Name:
All CRRNJ ferries were named for New Jersey towns - Lakewood, Bound Brook, Red Bank, Plainfield, Elizabeth, Wilkes Barre, Cranford, Somerville, Westfield, and Bound Brook
Built:
1901, Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington DE USA, as Lakewood
Specs:
( 200 x 44 ft ) 1016 gross tons
Sponsor:
NJ Coast 2005 Initiative
Sunk:
Wednesday August 3, 2005 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°50.682' -74°43.078'
Depth:
75 ft



Artificial Reef Sites

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FE327SS/89 -- OPR-C147-HE-89; CONTACT #22 ON SURVEY H-10284/88; DIVER INVESTIGATION FOUND THE REMAINS OF A LARGE WOODEN SHIP OR BARGE COMPLETELY COLLAPSED UPON ITSELF; A LARGE PILE OF BLOCKS, WHICH RESEMBLED BALLAST BLOCKS, REMAINS; DIVER PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE LEAST DEPTH OF 47 FT TAKEN ON TOP OF PILE OF BLOCKS. (ENTERED MSD 7/91)

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