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Axel Carlson Artificial Reef

2.0 Nautical Miles off Mantoloking
Depth: 65-80 ft

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Army Tanks

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.

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Austin

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1956 Tampa FL USA
Specs:: ( 65 ft ) 79 GT
Dedication:: John Grady III
Sunk:: Wednesday Sept 21, 2016 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°02.900' -73°59.000'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Barbara Ann

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 75 x 28 ft )
Sponsor:: Capt Steve Nagiewicz
Dedication:: Barbara Ann Nagiewicz
Sunk:: Friday June 27, 2003 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°03.560' -73°59.300'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Bay King YTB-175

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1941, Port Arthur, TX, as YTB-175 USS Chekilli
Specs:: ( 96 ft )
Sponsor:: Manasquan River Marlin & Tuna Club, Ann E Clark Foundation
Dedication:: MRMTC Member Memorial Reef
Sunk:: Sunday January 9, 2005 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°03.187' -73°59.283'
Depth:: 80 ft, top at 60 ft

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Brooklyn DPC-15

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1943 Neponset MA USA as DPC-15, later Brooklyn
Specs:: ( 86 ft )
Sponsor:: Friends of the Norma K
Dedication:: Joan La Rie III
Sunk:: Tuesday October 30, 2001 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°03.390' -73°59.550'

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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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Carrabassett

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: Bayou La Batre AL, 1979, as Cowboy
Specs:: ( 90 ft ) 159 tons
Sunk:: April 2024 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: SECRET

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Caterina.D

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1973 - Bishop Shipbuilding, Aransas Pass TX USA as America 200
Specs:: ( 70 ft ) 137 gross tons
Sponsor:: Manasquan River Marlin & Tuna Club
Sunk:: Tuesday April 24, 2007 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°01.650' -73°59.747'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Colleen

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1952, New Orleans LA, USA
Specs:: ( 92 x 25 ft ) 150 tons
Sponsor:: GPPCBA, Budweiser, GDF
Sunk:: Saturday August 3, 1996 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°02.794' -73°59.350'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Ed Schmidiger / YON-81

Type:: artificial reef, barge, tank, US Navy
Built:: 1942 Grange TX USA
Specs:: ( 174 x 40 ft ) 200 tons light
Sponsor:: Ocean Wreck Divers
Sunk:: Wednesday October 8, 1997 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°00.587' -73°59.391'

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Axel Carlson Artificial Reef

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March 28, 2025

Susan Rose Update

March 28, 2025

The Susan Rose has been raised and is presently at a dock in Point Pleasant. Hopefully it will be sunk on a New York reef, for all to use.

Dragger Susan Rose Raised One Year After Sinking

National Fisherman Staff
Mid-Atlantic Northeast News
November 22, 2024

Resolve Marine's RMG 400 lift barge raised the trawler Susan Rose from where it sank off Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. in November 2023. Jersey Shore Fire Response Photo.

The Rhode Island steel trawler Susan Rose was raised from the sea floor this week a year after sinking off Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., removed as a hazard to navigation.

Resolve Marine’s RMG 400 lift barge brought the Susan Rose to the surface Nov. 19, a year and two days after the 77-foot dragger ran aground on the beach while heading in for Manasquan Inlet.

After the 2023 grounding, the fishing boat’s crew of four safely got off onto the beach, dropping down from the deck with help from Point Pleasant Beach emergency responders.

Efforts to defuel, lighter and salvage the boat began that day and the Dann Towing 85’x30’x11.5’ tugboat Shannon Dann got underway from Staten Island in anticipation of a high tide for the recovery effort. The initial salvage was commissioned by The Town Dock of Narragansett, R.I., owners of the Susan Rose.

That original plan last year was to move the boat off the beach after its fuel and oil tanks were safely emptied, then tow it to a Staten Island shipyard for repair. But during the move, the boat took on water and sank in 48 feet of water about 3,000 feet off the beach.

Built in 1977 by Steiner Shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Ala., the 77’x23’ 142 gwt Susan Rose was one of the Town Dock commercial fleet, homeported at Point Judith, R.I., and frequently working out at other Northeast ports depending on fishing seasons.

The week-long salvage work by Resolve and Northstar Marine also involved the Coast Guard and local partner agencies, including the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, state police Office of Emergency Management, Ocean County Sheriff’s Department Office of Emergency Management and the Point Pleasant Beach Police Department.

Before any next steps those authorities will assess the material condition of the Susan Rose, tied up at a dock on Channel Drive in Point Pleasant Beach. That fueled speculation in the port that the Susan Rose could be bound for the sea floor again, as an addition to an artificial reef.

- nationalfisherman.com