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Artificial Reefs

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Rothenbach I reef
Type:
artificial reef, barge, fuel oil, US Navy
Built:
1944, DeKom SB, Brooklyn NY USA
Specs:
( 165 x 35 ft ) 220 tons (empty) 1270 displacement tons (full)
Sponsor:
Rothenbach & Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:
Wednesday June 11, 1997 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°53.368' -74°39.800'


Salt Barge reef
Type:
artificial reef, barge
Built:
circa 1940
Specs:
( 150 x38 ft )
Sponsor:
US Navy, NJCDC, Carbon Services Corp, Artificial Reef Association, Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:
Friday April 9, 1993 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°50.959' -74°42.385'

Sam Berman reef
Type:
artificial reef, tanker
Built:
1947, Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn NY USA as Philip Lemler
Specs:
( 160 x 30 ft ) 478 tons
Sponsor:
Crystal Oil Corporation, Marine Trades Assn. of NJ, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:
Thursday September 10, 1987 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°06.440' -73°41.180'
Depth:
125 ft








Shipwreck Roda
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, England
Built:
1897, England
Specs:
( 315 x 44 ft ) 2516 gross tons
Sunk:
Thursday February 3, 1908
ran aground in heavy fog - no casualties
Depth:
20 ft

debris field, bow, stern, boiler