- 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
More: Dorothy ...
Artificial Reefs (10/29)
- Type:
- artificial reef, drydock barge
- Specs:
- ( 100 ft )
- Sunk:
- February 1979 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- Sponsor:
- Artificial Reef Committee
- Depth:
- 75 ft
- GPS:
- 40°07.759' -73°56.384'
More: drydock ...
- 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
More: DVD Barge ...
- 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
More: Dykes ...
These seven sites on the Sea Girt Artificial Reef predate the state-run reef program:
More: Early New Jersey Artificial Reefs ...
- 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'
More: Ed Schmidiger YON-81 ...
- 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
More: Elizabeth "Hooters" ...
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'
More: Equity tug & barge ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, work boat, USACE
- Built:
- Specs:
- ( 27 ft )
- Sunk:
- 2004 - McAllister Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°32.141' -73°39.595'
More: Evan Miller ...
- 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
More: Evelyn Doris ...
I find this sort of material to be much more interesting than the endless rehashing of coral reefs, glowingly useless gear reviews, and "buoyancy tips" that fill up the standard glossy diving magazines.
Historical
Conservation Manual – Donny L. Hamilton
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
Peter Kemp, 1988
Lots of interesting information and trivia.
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