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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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Dykes

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

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Early New Jersey Artificial Reefs

Dykes

These seven sites on the Sea Girt Artificial Reef predate the state-run reef program:

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Ed Schmidiger YON-81

Ocean Wreck Divers III reef

Type:: artificial reef, barge, tank, US Navy
Built:: 1942, Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange TX USA
Specs:: ( 174 x 40 ft ) 200 tons light
Sponsor:: Ocean Wreck Divers
Sunk:: Wednesday October 8, 1997 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°00.587' -73°59.391'

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Elizabeth "Hooters"

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

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Equity tug & barge

The small 'Equity' tug is on the right
The larger tug Ranger was sunk on the Manasquan Reef

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, barge, etc
Specs:: barge: ( 140 ft )
tug: ( 45 x 13 ft ) 20 gross tons
Sunk:: Thursday January 14, 2021 - Little Egg Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°28.340' -74°11.083'

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Evan Miller

Type:: artificial reef, work boat, USACE
Built:
Specs:: ( 27 ft )
Sunk:: 2004 - McAllister Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°32.141' -73°39.595'

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Evelyn Doris

Type:: artificial reef, towboat, USA
Built:: 1957, Vicksburg Marine Ways, Vicksburg MS USA, as Ernest Mack
Specs:: ( 64 x 23 ft ) 92 gross tons
Sponsor:: Dick Herb, Cape May County Charter Boat Association, Sport Fishing Fund
Sunk:: July 30?, 2025 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°50.544' -74°42.479'
Depth:: 60 ft

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Fallen Friends

Fallen Friends reef

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 40 ft )
Sponsor:: BassBarn.com, Deep Foundations
Sunk:: Monday August 23, 2004 - Wildwood Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°57.710' -74°40.990'

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Fatuk

Fatuk reef

Type:: artificial reef, freighter
Built:: 1962, Tokushima Shipbuilding Sangyo - Komatsushima, Japan
Specs:: ( 160 x 25 ft ) 275 tons
Sponsor:: US Customs Service, Fish America, Sportfish Fund
Sunk:: Thursday October 27, 1988 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.609' -74°01.037'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Fells Point

Fells Point Reef

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1956, Equitable Equipment Company, Madisonville, LA USA
Specs:: ( 110 ft )
Sunk:: Monday June 2, 2008 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

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Artificial Reefs

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