- 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 (11/28)
I asked ChatGPT and Gemini to write me stories about New Jersey Artificial Reefs, and here is what they came up with:
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- Type:
- artificial reef, clam dredge, USA
- Built:
- 1944, Somerset Shipyard, Somerset MA USA as Rosalie D. Morse
- Specs:
- ( 89 x 23 ft ) 153 GT
- Sponsor:
- M & P Boat Inc.
- Sunk:
- Wednesday July 3, 1985 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°13.703' -74°12.486'
- Depth:
- 100 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tanker barge
- Specs:
- ( 242 x 42 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Spentonbush Red Star Company, Sportfish Fund
- Sunk:
- Thursday August 7, 1997 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.930' -73°55.942'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler
- Built:
- 1973, Seaman Shipbuilding, Bayou La Batre AL
- Specs:
- ( 77 ft ) 132 gross tons
- Sponsor:
- Mr. Nam Win, Cape May County Charter and Party Boat Association, Sportfishing Fund
- Sunk:
- Tuesday May 30, 2017 - Townsends Inlet Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°06.500' -74°36.300'
- Depth:
- 60 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1899
- Specs:
- ( 84 ft )
- Sunk:
- early 1970s - Atlantic Beach Reef
- Depth:
- 80 ft
- GPS:
- 40°31.711' -73°43.438'
sank during dredging operations
later raised, moved, and re-sunk as part of reef
intact, upright
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tanker, USA
- Built:
- 1957, Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn NY USA
- Specs:
- ( 247 x 42 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Spentonbush Red Star Company
- Sunk:
- Sunday April 13, 1986 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°14.203' -74°12.148'
- Depth:
- 100 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler
- Built:
- 1976, Gulf Coast Marine Builders, Bayou La Batre AL as Miss Quality
- Specs:
- ( 85 ft ) 159 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday, Jan 16, 2010 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°40.540' -74°43.957'
- Depth:
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Specs:
- ( 43 ft )
- Sunk:
- Sunday Sept 5, 2010 - Barnegat Light Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°45.050' -74°01.400'
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- Type:
- sport boat
- Specs:
- ( 35 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Elmer Dowd; Sportfish Fund
- Sunk:
- Saturday Oct 23, 1993 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°51.700' -74°42.900'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
Another mystery
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Histrio histrio
Size: to 6"
Habitat: wherever the current takes them
Notes: Sargassum fishes are found in drifting clumps of Sargassum weed. They are certainly one of the most bizarre fishes you may encounter. Their closest relatives are deep-sea anglerfishes and the local Goosefish. The paired fins are used exactly like arms and legs, and the Sargassum fish is a clumsy and reluctant swimmer. In fact, the pectoral (arm) fins can be folded over below the elbow, giving the fish an opposable grasp much like our own hands!
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