- Type:
- artificial reef, barge (2)
- Specs:
- ( 90 x 28 ft )
- Dedication:
- Howard Bahnsen
- Sunk:
- Saturday June 12, 2010 - Townsends Inlet Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°06.543' -74°36.249'
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Artificial Reefs (13/26)
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- Type:
- artificial reef, work boat, USA
- Built:
- 1963, Paasch Marine Services, Erie PA, USA
- Specs:
- ( 53 ft )
- Sunk:
- Saturday, August 3, 2019 - Fire Island Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- 70 ft
- GPS:
- 40°35.711' -73°11.684'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1939 Wilmington DE USA
- Specs:
- ( 70x18 ft ) 65 tons
- Sunk:
- Wednesday, September 16, 2020 - Hempstead Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°31.030' -73°31.800'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1952 Port Arthur TX USA
- Specs:
- ( 42 x 15 ft ) 27 tons
- Sponsor:
- Artificial Reef Association
- Sunk:
- Monday September 15, 1997 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°37.757' -74°00.828'
- Depth:
- 80 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, crew boat
- Specs:
- ( 65 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Caldwell's Diving Company
- Sunk:
- Wednesday February 12, 1997 - Little Egg Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°28.501' -74°11.631'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tanker
- Built:
- 1944 Brooklyn NY (Bushey Yard)
- Specs:
- ( 156 x 30 ft ) 440 tons
- Sponsor:
- Cleanwater of New York
- Dedication:
- Captain Andy Applegate
- Sunk:
- Friday September 2 2005 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°13.850' -74°12.510'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler
- Built:
- 1980 - Master Boat Builders, Coden AL USA, as Tar Heel Tide
- Specs:
- ( 71 ft ) 112 gross tons
- Sponsor:
- Friends of Donna, Atlantic Capes Fisheries
- Dedication:
- Donna's Star
- Sunk:
- Tuesday December 20, 2005 - Townsends Inlet Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°06.360' -74°36.300'
- Depth:
- 60 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge, tank
- Specs:
- ( 178 x 38 ft )
- Sponsor:
- GPPCBA, Clean Water of New York
- Sunk:
- Tuesday October 30, 2001 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°03.840' -73°59.580'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tanker
- Specs:
- ( 165 x 35 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Friends & the McGraw Hill Foundation
- Dedication:
- John Dobilas
- Sunk:
- Tuesday August 20, 1996 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°37.564' -74°01.341'
- Depth:
- 80 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, freighter, purse seiner
- Built:
- 1944, JK Welding - Yonkers NY, as FS-355 (US Army)
- Specs:
- ( 166 x 32 ft ) 542 tons
- Sunk:
- Thursday, Jan 21, 2021 - DelJerseyLand Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°31.340' -74°30.671'
- Depth:
- 125 ft
John S Dempster Jr. is sister to Shearwater and Reedville, see those vessels for details, links in the sidebar. All three vessels were originally small Army transports, converted to Menhaden fishing by Omega Protein company. FS-355 was USCG-manned, and retained by USA as PVT Carl V. Sheridan (see below) until sold in 1972.
The aging Shearwater and Reedville were retired when Omega got two new modern vessels in 2017, but Dempster was kept as a reserve. Finally, almost 80 years old, the Dempster was sent to her reward as well. Another sister, Tangier Island, was reefed off Georgia in 2020. As of 2023, one old sister remains - Smuggler's Point, FS-400, launched in 1944!
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