- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1936 - Jakobson Shipyard Inc, Brooklyn, New York NY USA
- Specs:
- ( 80x24 ft ) 146 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Tuesday November 26, 2019 - 12-Mile Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- 125 ft
- GPS:
- 40°37.073' -72°31.094'
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Artificial Reefs (9/26)
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barges
- Sunk:
- Wednesday March 4, 2009 - Delaware #10 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
-
38°36.934' -74°55.821'
38°36.769' -74°56.878'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Specs:
- ( 86 ft )
- Built:
- 1943, Decatur AL as DPC-65
- Sunk:
- Friday Jan 15, 1999 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°40.540' -74°43.957'
- Depth:
- 75 ft
More: Delilah DPC-65 ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat, US Navy
- Specs:
- ( 104 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Abyss Dive Club
- Sunk:
- Thursday Sept 25, 2003 - Deepwater Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°57.984' -74°10.771'
- Depth:
More: Diver's Abyss ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat (cut into pieces)
- Specs:
- ( 65 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Spectra Services
- Sunk:
- Saturday June 3, 1989 - Sandy Hook Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°21.555' -73°56.103'
- Depth:
- 60 ft
More: Dorothy ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1943, Neponset MA USA
- Specs:
- ( 81 x 24 ft ) 142 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Friday November 7, 2003 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°43.470' -72°46.489'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, drydock barge
- Specs:
- ( 100 ft )
- Sunk:
- February 1979 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- Sponsor:
- Artificial Reef Committee
- Depth:
- 75 ft
- GPS:
- 40°07.759' -73°56.384'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Name:
- Named for the Delaware Valley Divers club, who sponsored it,
and their peculiar aversion to nature's perfect packaging. - Specs:
- ( 140 x 40 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Delaware Valley Divers club & Peter King
- Sunk:
- Monday September 14, 1998 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°06.400' -73°57.080'
- Depth:
- 65 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, schooner barge, USA
( The small smokestack in the pictures is for an electrical generator. ) - Built:
- 1919, Baltimore MD USA
- Specs:
- ( 306 x 35 ft ) 2072 tons, 14 crew
- Sponsor:
- Modern Transportation Co.
- Sunk:
- July 1983 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°06.964' -73°57.571'
- Depth:
- 65 ft
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The schooner barge was the final development of the working sailing ship. The design originally evolved in the 1870s on the Great Lakes, where it was found that sailing ships could be more profitably towed from place to place than sailed. No longer subject to the vagaries of the wind, such trips could be made on a scheduled basis, and with reduced labor costs. The idea spread into general use, resulting in the conversion of many sailing ships into barges. Ironically, most of the vessels that were converted to schooner barges were not actually schooners, but square-rigged ships. Square-riggers, with their large and expensive crews of skilled sailors, became uneconomical to operate in the face of ever-improving steam power, while more efficient schooners managed to compete for a few years longer.
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