Barges (10/10) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Barges (10/10)

barge beached — Notice the blocky shape and structure of this stranded but otherwise typical old wooden barge. Barges usually have minimal crews, to tend the lines.

A barge is a vessel that does not have its own means of propulsion ( usually. ) Barges are towed or pushed from place to place by tugboats, or anchored in place to serve as temporary work platforms, floating docks, or storage. Some barges are self-propelled, in a limited way. These are known as scows, and their limited propulsive power restricts them to protected waters without the assistance of a tugboat.

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Weeks barge

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 106 x 36 ft )
Sponsor:: Penn Reels
Sunk:: Wednesday June 21, 1995 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.628' -74°01.643'
Depth:: 80 ft

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William B. Diggs

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Built:: 1918
Specs:: 1041 tons
Sunk:: Monday September 3, 1934
foundered - no casualties
Depth:: 42 ft

The Diggs was engaged in a salvage operation at the time of her loss and actually settled on top of another shipwreck, of unknown origin. The green blinker buoy for which it is known was removed after the wooden wreck was demolished in the 1970s. Also known as the "Green Blinker Wreck".

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