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- Type:
- shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
- Built:
- 1949, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ, USA
- Specs:
- ( 120 ft ) 177 GT
- Sunk:
- August 1990
- Depth:
- 65 ft
intact, upright, steel hull
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Sea Girt Inlet is reduced to an outflow pipe. The water it releases is often so contaminated with goose droppings that it causes beach closings for miles around.
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3.6 Nautical Miles off Sea Girt
Depth: 60-75 ft [download]
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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship
- Depth:
- 85 ft
A large wooden sailing ship, more intact than most. The hull is almost complete, 8-10 feet high, with a Navy-style stockless anchor in one side of the bow, and bowsprit lying in the sand below. The bowsprit indicates that this was a true sailing ship and not a schooner barge. I saw no sign of towing bits, bow, or stern. The stern is broken down.
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Specs:
- ( 135 x 32 ft )
- Built:
- 1945, American Bridge, Ambridge PA, as YF-879
- Sponsor:
- Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association, Atlantic Cape Fisheries, Artificial Reef Association
- Sunk:
- Friday August 21, 1992 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°53.118' -74°40.190'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, barge
- Specs:
- ( 250 ft ? )
- Depth:
- 85 ft
A very large intact steel deck barge, lying upright, north-south. The southern end is partially collapsed and opened up, allowing easy access to at least part of the inside. Rust holes in the deck let light in throughout the rest of the interior, although they are too small to fit through. A great spearfishing site, and not bad for lobsters. The crane lies about 1/4 mile away.
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- Type:
- shipwreck
- Depth:
- 95 ft
The "Seawolf", as she is called, is a large steel-hulled wreck that faces in an easterly direction. Her bow rises 14 ft or so off the bottom. Most of the wreck comes off the bottom only a few feet. She has a large fishing net draped over her midships.
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Cost of Building Reefs
According to a survey conducted by the Division in 1993 and 1994, an average of $2.2 million is expended annually to construct and manage New Jersey's ocean reefs. The management portion of the project, which includes the salaries of State marine biologists who select reef sites, coordinate construction activities, and conduct biological and harvest surveys, and the costs of operating a research vessel and sampling equipment, amounts to approximately $215,000 each year. Funding for management is composed of $161,000 in federal Sportfish Restoration Funds, which are obtained from excise taxes on recreational fishing tackle, and $54,000 in state funding.
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