- 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)
Moriches Artificial Reef (historical)
2.4 nautical miles south of Moriches Inlet, 0.54 sq miles
Depth: 70 - 75 ft
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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 ) 146 GT, 9 crew
- 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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Glass is a hard substance, usually brittle and transparent, composed chiefly of silicates and an alkali fused at high temperature.
Composition and Properties of Glass
Most glass is a mixture of silica obtained from beds of fine sand or from pulverized sandstone; an alkali to lower the melting point, usually a form of soda or, for finer glass, potash; lime as a stabilizer; and cullet ( waste glass ) to assist in melting the mixture. The properties of glass are varied by adding other substances, commonly in the form of oxides, e.g., lead, for brilliance and weight; boron, for thermal and electrical resistance; barium, to increase the refractive index, as in optical glass; cerium, to absorb infrared rays; metallic oxides, to impart color; and manganese, for decolorizing.
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