- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1975, Master Marine, Bayou La Bâtre AL USA
- Specs:
- ( 80 ft ) 147 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Friday July 12, 2002 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°43.512' -72°46.598'
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Moriches Artificial Reef (1/2)
Depth: 70 - 75 ft
2.4 nautical miles south of Moriches Inlet
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The Artificial Reef Program used four types of obsolete Army armored vehicles as artificial reef materials off the New Jersey coast. These were cleaned at local military bases, loaded onto barges for transport, and pushed off at their final destination. Once the Army had disposed of its excess inventory, the program ceased, around 1999. The Artificial Reef Program has sunk almost 400 tanks altogether, far too many to list them here in this website.
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1947, Bath Iron Works, Bath Maine USA
- Specs:
- ( 144x27 ft ) 393 tons
- Sunk:
- Wednesday April 17, 2002 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°43.402' -72°46.659
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barges
- Depth:
- 70 - 75 ft
| Name | Description | Sunk | GPS |
| Jean Elizabeth |
190 ft steel | 1995 | 40°43.500' -72°46.482' |
| 60 ft steel | 1995 | 40°43.558' -72°46.340' |
|
| #335 | 80 ft steel | Friday Nov 12, 1999 |
40°43.514' -72°46.309' |
| CFD | 100 ft steel | Thursday Feb 8, 2001 |
40°43.476' -72°46.343' |
| "Pump Boat" | 25 ft steel | Sunday Oct 14, 2018 |
40°43.464' -72°46.601' |
| Self-Propelled Scow #56 |
50 ft steel | Sunday Oct 14, 2018 |
40°43.453' -72°46.612' |
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- Type:
- artificial reef, clam dredge
- Built:
- 1983, James K Walker Marine, Moss Point MS USA
- Specs:
- ( 112x24 ft ) 188 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Wednesday March 8, 2000 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- 75 ft
- GPS:
- 40°43.505' -72°46.386'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1979, Hudson Shipbuilders, Pascagoula MS
- Specs:
- ( 76 ft )
- Sunk:
- Friday November 6, 1998 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°43.506' -72°46.397'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1943, Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA USA
- Specs:
- ( 86 x 24 ft ) 142 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Friday November 7, 2003 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°43.470' -72°46.489'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1978, Quality Marine, Bayou La Bâtre AL USA
- Specs:
- ( 90 ft ) 168 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Friday November 6, 1998 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°43.506' -72°46.461'
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All manner of concrete, steel, and stone rubble from dredging, demolition projects, and other construction is used as artificial reef materials. This material is generally available at very low cost or free from construction companies who are more than happy to get rid of it. Transportation costs determine where this material is used by the Reef Program.
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1979, Canaveral Shipbuilding, Cape Canaveral FL
- Specs:
- ( 97 x 24 ft ) 185GT
- Sunk:
- Friday March 12, 1999 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°43.439' -72°46.440'
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- 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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