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Delaware #11 Artificial Reef (1/2)

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American Glory

Type:: artificial reef, mini-liner
Built:: 2002 Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, MD USA
Specs:: ( 174 x 39 ft ) 1,267 gross tons
Sunk:: Monday, November 4, 2019 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.474' -74°43.726'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Bay Tide

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1958, Port Arthur, TX, as Margaret C
Specs:: ( 110 ft )
Sunk:: Tuesday Jan 30, 2009 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

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Cittie Point

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1953, New Orleans, LA, as Valmet
Specs:: ( 95 ft )
Sunk:: Monday June 2, 2008 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

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Crazy Horse

no photo available

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1974 - Marine Builders, Mobile AL USA
Specs:: ( 77 x 23 ft )
Sunk:: Friday Jan 30, 2009 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

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Delilah DPC-65

Matt Turecamo reef — I can find no pictures of *Delilah*, but here is a great-looking twin sister, DPC-14 *Matt Turecamo*, with fake wood-grain paint

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

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Fells Point

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1956, Madisonville, LA
Specs:: ( 110 ft )
Sunk:: Monday June 2, 2008 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

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Frieda Marie

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1976, Bayou La Batre AL as Miss Quality
Specs:: ( 85 ft ) 159 gross tons
Sunk:: Saturday, Jan 16, 2010 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'
Depth:

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Margaret

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1915, Staten Island NY, as Charles P. Crawford
Specs:: ( 97 x 24 ft ) 171 gross tons
Sunk:: Thursday June 28, 2007 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

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Margie Ann

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Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1950, Tampa, FL, as William H
Specs:: ( 90 ft )
Sunk:: Tuesday June 19, 2001 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

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Redbird Subway Cars

Type:: 250 "Redbird" subway cars - NYC Subway system - steel bodies / frames
Built:: 1959-1960 - American Car & Foundry - Model R26 # 7750-7859
1960-1961 - American Car & Foundry - Model R28 # 7860-7959
1962-1963 - St. Louis Car - Model R29 # 8570-8805
1962-1963 - St. Louis Car - Model R33 # 8806-9345
1963-1964 - St. Louis Car - Model R36 # 9346-9769
Specs:: ( 51 x 9 ft ) 15,000 to 18,000 pounds (body)
Sunk:: 50 cars - Cape May Reef on July 3, 2003
50 cars - Deepwater Reef on July 16, 2003
50 cars - Atlantic City Reef on July 25, 2003
50 cars - Garden State North Reef on Sept 3, 2003
50 cars - Shark River Reef on Oct 14, 2003
619 cars - Delaware Reef 11 from Aug 2001 to Nov 2003
Sponsor:: New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
anti- Sponsor:: Environmental group Clean Ocean Action lobbied aggressively and almost successfully to prevent the use of these subway cars as artificial reefs in New Jersey, resulting in most of the cars going to other states.
GPS:: too many to list, and all gone anyway
Depth:: Depths vary by location between 80 ft and 130 ft.

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Octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Size: see below

Habitat: rocks and coral reefs, all depths

Notes:

The Common Octopus is the most studied of all octopus species. Its natural range extends from the Mediterranean Sea and the southern coast of England to at least Senegal in Africa, as well as the Azores, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde Islands. In the western Atlantic, it ranges from Texas and Florida to New England, although uncommon in colder northern waters. Typical habitat is rocks and coral reefs. Young are planktonic, and total lifespan is only 12-18 months.

O. vulgaris grows to 25 cm in mantle length with arms up to 1 m long. They can weigh up to 20 pounds, although they are usually much smaller. O. vulgaris is caught by bottom trawls on a huge scale off the northwestern coast of Africa. More than 20,000 tons are harvested annually.

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