- Type:
- artificial reef, clam dredge
- Built:
- 1983, James K Walker Marine, Moss Point MS USA
- Specs:
- ( 112x24 ft ) 188 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Wednesday March 8, 2000 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- 75 ft
- GPS:
- 40°43.505' -72°46.386'
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Artificial Reefs (6/27)
Susan Rose Sunk in February
The Susan Rose was re-sunk as an artificial reef in February. At present there still has been no public announcement. Here is the NJDEP contact form if you would like to inquire:
If you would like to visit this or any other of New Jersey's new unpublished reefs, contact New Jersey Artificial Reef Coordinator Peter Clarke at Mad Hatter Charters in Neptune City.
The pink and white areas are shipping lanes. 'Natural' shipwrecks are depicted with a wreck symbol.
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- Type:
- artificial reef, cutter, US Coast Guard
- Built:
- 1953, US Coast Guard Yard, Baltimore MD USA
- Specs:
- ( 95 x 20 ft )
- Sponsor:
- USCG, New Jersey State Police
- Sunk:
- Thursday September 9, 1993 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°51.060' -74°42.125'
- Depth:
- 65 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tanker, US Navy
- Built:
- 1944, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA, as YOG-58
- Specs:
- ( 174 x 33 ft ) 1390 displacement tons (full)
- Sponsor:
- GPPCBA, Crown Beer Distributors, Budweiser
- Sunk:
- Friday June 9, 2000 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.103' -73°41.479'
- Depth:
- 130 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat, McAllister Towing (Boston)
- Built:
- 1950, Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, NY as Hazleton
- Specs:
- ( 110 x 27 ft ) 199 gross tons
- Sponsor:
- Herb & Veronica Segars
- Sunk:
- Wednesday November 10, 2004 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°03.104' -73°59.283'
- Depth:
- 75 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge, US Navy
- Built:
- 1968, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, as YC-1504
- Specs:
- ( 110 x 32 ft )
- Sponsor:
- US Navy, Clark's Landing Marina
- Sunk:
- Wednesday July 6, 1994 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.910' -73°56.168'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, LCM-6 (Landing Craft-Mechanized) used as buoy tender
- Built:
- 1943 New Orleans LA USA
- Specs:
- ( 56 x 14 ft ) 64 tons
- Sponsor:
- Bureau of Coastal Engineering, Fish America &
Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association - Sunk:
- Sunday May 6, 1990 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°51.200' -74°42.280'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1979, Hudson Shipbuilders, Pascagoula MS
- Specs:
- ( 76 ft )
- Sunk:
- Friday November 6, 1998 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°43.506' -72°46.397'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Specs:
- ( 270 x 39 ft )
- Sponsor:
- East Coast Tender Services
- Sunk:
- Wednesday February 10, 1988 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.135' -73°56.919'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler
- Specs:
- ( 70 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Axel Carlson Jr.
- Sunk:
- June 1973 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°06.805' -73°57.176'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1949, Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange TX USA
- Specs:
- ( 100 x 27 ft ) 240 tons
- Sponsor:
- Atlantic County Reef Society, Fish America, 1000 Fathom Club
- Sunk:
- Tuesday July 17, 1990 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°15.449' -74°14.173'
- Depth:
- 90 ft
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There are three basic types of commercial fishing vessels found in the Mid-Atlantic region: trawlers, seiners/gill-netters, and long-liners. A trawler or "dragger" operates by towing its fishing gear across the bottom. Weighted nets take bottom fishes, while cage-like steel dredges take clams and scallops. A seiner uses a floating net to encircle schools of surface-swimming fishes such as herring and tuna. A long-liner sets out miles of buoyed line with baited hooks to catch sharks, tuna, and swordfish. One could also add lobster boats and charter fishing or "head" boats to this list. And of course, dive boats.
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