Delaware Artificial Reefs (1/3)

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Brightliners Subway Cars reef
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




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



Delaware Artificial Reefs

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Black Sea Bass

Centropristis striata

Profile by Thomas Baum,
Senior Fisheries Biologist

Range:
Atlantic coastal waters of the United States, from northern Florida to Cape Cod, occasionally to Maine.

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