Moriches Artificial Reef (1/2)

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Depth: 70 - 75 ft

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Type:
artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:
1975 - Master Marine, Inc., 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'

M60 tanks reef
M60 tanks undergo a thorough cleaning before use as reefs

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.



190 ft barge
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'

Under tow to the reef, with crushed wheelhouse and no masts
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'


wheelhouse up - looks a little bizarre
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Built:
1943, Neponset MA USA
Specs:
( 81 x 24 ft ) 142 gross tons
Sunk:
Friday November 7, 2003 - Moriches Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:
40°43.470' -72°46.489'


rock reef
A hopper barge full of rock

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.



Moriches Artificial Reef

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Ocean Pout

Macrozoarces americanus

Size
to 42" and 12 lbs.

Description:
Huge mouth with drooping lips. Anal and caudal fins continuous. Apparently, these are edible, and at times there is some effort on the part of commercial fishermen to catch them. Too ugly for my tastes, though. Pouts like rocky bottoms and structure, from water's edge down to 180 ft. Gregarious.

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