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Delaware #11 Artificial Reef (1/2)

Delaware #11 Artificial Reef

15.5 Nautical Miles from Indian River Inlet, 1.52 sq miles
Depth: 70-90 ft

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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, Gulfport Shipbuilding, 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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Brightliner Subway Cars

Type:: ~100 "Brightliner" subway cars - NYC Subway system
Built:: 1963-1964 - Budd Company - Model R32 # 3350-3949
1966-1967 - St. Louis Car - Model R38 # 3950-4149
1967-1969 - St. Louis Car - Model R40 # 4150-4349
1969-1970 - St. Louis Car - Model R42 # 4550-4949
Specs:: ( 60 x 10 ft ) 10 tons ( all, typical, body only )
Sunk:: 44 cars were sunk on Atlantic City Reef on April 3, 2008
more in Cape May reef and Delaware reefs
Sponsor:: New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA )
GPS:: too many to list, and all gone anyway
Depth:: Depths vary by location

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Cittie Point

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1953, American Marine, 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

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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

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1943, Decatur Iron & Steel, Decatur AL as DPC-65
Specs:: ( 86 x 24 ft ) 146 GT, 9 crew
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, Equitable Equipment Company, Madisonville, LA USA
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, Gulf Coast Marine Builders, 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'
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Margaret

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1915, Bethlehem Staten Island, 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 Marine, 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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Delaware #11 Artificial Reef

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Ocean waves are created by wind ( in unique instances, waves may also be created by earthquake, landslide, or other major disturbance, but that does not concern us here. ) The factors in the mechanics of wave creation are wind speed and duration, and fetch.

Fetch is the distance over which the wind acts on the water. The longer the fetch, the greater the wave-building action. Similarly, the greater the wind speed, the greater the wave-building action. Winds are named for the direction they blow from, not to. Therefore, a west wind blows out of the west, toward the east. Predicting wave heights based on wind conditions is even today extremely imprecise - the weather service still gets it wrong about half the time.

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