- Type:
- artificial reef, cabin cruiser
- Specs:
- ( 31 x 12 ft )
- Sunk:
- Saturday April 12, 1986 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- unknown
- Depth:
- 80 ft
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Artificial Reefs (19/26)
- Type:
- artificial reef, Spruance-class destroyer, US Navy
- Built:
- 1975, Pascagoula MS USA
- Specs:
- ( 563 x 55 ft ) 8,040 tons
- Sunk:
- Wednesday, Aug 10, 2011 - DelJerseyLand Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°30.850' -74°30.656' originally, now ???
- Depth:
- 130 ft
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There is a great deal of controversy over the use of subway cars as artificial reefs. There shouldn't be. Subway cars are fish condos. They are the perfect size and shape to provide homes for all sorts of fishes, as well as large attachment areas for other organisms. The fact that they come complete with large door and window openings is even better. Most reef materials, such as ships and barges, improve with age because they open up, allowing easier access to the interior. Indeed, some of the most barren reefs I have seen are those that are completely intact, since they offer little shelter.
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Specs:
- ( 200 ft )
- Sunk:
- 1977 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- Sponsor:
- Artificial Reef Committee, Weeks Marine Co.
- GPS:
- 40°06.986' -73°56.868'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- USA
- Specs:
- ( 65 ft )
- Sunk:
- Thursday Jan 14, 2021 - Manasquan Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°04.784' -73°59.420'
- Depth:
- 75 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, buoy tender / ice breaker, US Coast Guard
- Built:
- 1971, US Coast Guard Yard, Baltimore MD
- Specs:
- ( 157 x 33 ft )
- Depth:
- 65 ft
- Sponsor:
- USCG, Dick Weber & South Jersey Fishing Center
- Sunk:
- Monday September 13, 1999 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°53.125' -74°40.816'
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- Type:
- 250 "Redbird" subway cars - NYC Subway system - steel bodies / frames
- Built:
- 1959-1960 - American Car & Foundry - Model R26 # 7750-7859
1960-1961 - American Car & Foundry - Model R28 # 7860-7959
1962-1963 - St. Louis Car - Model R29 # 8570-8805
1962-1963 - St. Louis Car - Model R33 # 8806-9345
1963-1964 - St. Louis Car - Model R36 # 9346-9769 - Specs:
- ( 51 x 9 ft ) 15,000 to 18,000 pounds (body)
- Sunk:
- 50 cars - Cape May Reef on July 3, 2003
50 cars - Deepwater Reef on July 16, 2003
50 cars - Atlantic City Reef on July 25, 2003
50 cars - Garden State North Reef on Sept 3, 2003
50 cars - Shark River Reef on Oct 14, 2003
619 cars - Delaware Reef 11 from Aug 2001 to Nov 2003 - Sponsor:
- New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
- anti-
Sponsor: - Environmental group Clean Ocean Action lobbied aggressively and almost successfully to prevent the use of these subway cars as artificial reefs in New Jersey, resulting in most of the cars going to other states.
- GPS:
- too many to list, and all gone anyway
- Depth:
- Depths vary by location between 80 ft and 130 ft.
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- Type:
- artificial reef, freighter, purse seiner
- Built:
- 1944, Brooklyn NY USA, as Army FS-278
- Specs:
- ( 166 x 32 ft ) 542 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Friday, August 14, 2020 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°40.423' -74°44.295'
- Depth:
- 80 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1950 - Gulfport Shipbuilding Corp, Port Arthur, TX USA
- Specs:
- ( 102 ft ) 197 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Tuesday November 26, 2019 - 12-Mile Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- 125 ft
- GPS:
- 40°37.104' -72°31.388'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1930s, Syracuse NY USA
- Specs:
- ( 74 ft )
- Sunk:
- Thursday May 31, 2018 - Shinnecock Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°48.064' -72°28.651'
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