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Artificial Reefs

The pink and white areas are shipping lanes. 'Natural' shipwrecks are depicted with a wreck symbol.

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Cape Straight WPB-95308

Cape Straight WPB-95308 reef — A "Cape"-class cutter at speed

Type:: artificial reef, cutter, US Coast Guard
Built:: 1953 Curtiss Bay 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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Captain Bart YOG-58

Captain Bart reef

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, US Navy ( YW-83 class / YO-65 class )
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
Dedication:: Captain Bart Rozanski
Sunk:: Friday June 9, 2000 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°07.103' -73°41.479'
Depth:: 130 ft

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Captain Bill / Veronica M

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, McAllister Towing (Boston)
Built:: 1950, Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY as Hazleton
Specs:: ( 110 x 27 ft ) 199 gross tons
Sponsor:: Herb & Veronica Segars
Dedication:: 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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Captain Etzel

Captain Etzel reef

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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Captain Henry

Captain Henry reef — "Captain Henry" - the bow ramp appears to have been welded up

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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Captain Sam

Type:: artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:: 1979, 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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car float barge

Car Float #52 reef — The Car Float barge is pushed up the Navesink River below Twin Lights. The tugboat is the Billy D, later sunk on the Shark River Reef.

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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Carlson II

Carlson II reef

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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Carol Moran / Point Pub

Carol Moran reef

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1949 Orange TX USA
Specs:: ( 100 x 27 ft ) 240 tons
Sponsor:: Atlantic County Reef Society, Fish America, 1000 Fathom Club
Dedication:: Point Pub
Sunk:: Tuesday July 17, 1990 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°15.449' -74°14.173'
Depth:: 90 ft

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Carter's Creek

dis-masted, cleaned, and ready for sinking

Type:: artificial reef, trawler, purse seiner
Built:: 1948, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ, USA, as Absecon
Specs:: ( 140x25 ft ) 198 gross tons
Sunk:: Wednesday May 19, 2021 - Manasquan Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°05.010' -73°59.632'
Depth:: 75 ft

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