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Axel Carlson Artificial Reef

2.0 Nautical Miles off Mantoloking
Depth: 65-80 ft [download]

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M60 tanks reef
M60 tanks undergo a thorough cleaning before use as reefs

The Artificial Reef Program used four types of obsolete Army armored vehicles as artificial reef materials off the New Jersey coast. These were cleaned at local military bases, loaded onto barges for transport, and pushed off at their final destination. Once the Army had disposed of its excess inventory, the program ceased, around 1999. The Artificial Reef Program has sunk almost 400 tanks altogether, far too many to list them here in this website.


Austin reef
Type:
artificial reef, trawler
Built:
1956, Tampa Marine, Tampa FL USA
Specs:
( 65 ft ) 79 GT
Sponsor:
Grady family, Greater Point Pleasant Charter Boat Association, Ocean Reef Foundation of New Jersey
Sunk:
Wednesday Sept 21, 2016 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°02.900' -73°59.000'
Depth:
80 ft









Axel Carlson Artificial Reef

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Bluntnose Stingray

Dasyatis sayi

Size: to 3 ft across

Habitat: Soft sandy bottoms, depths from shallows to 1400 ft.

Notes:
Potentially dangerous

The commonest inshore ray. Long smooth whip-like tail with stinger but no fins. Roughtail Stingray similar but larger. Smaller Atlantic Stingray and larger Southern Stingray may occasionally stray this far north as well.

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