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Matt Turecamo DPC-14

Matt Turecamo reef — Yes, that is wood grain

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1943, Neponset, MA as DPC-14, later Matt Turecamo
Specs:: ( 86 ft ) 146 gross tons
Sponsor:: Sean Maubray, FCO
Sunk:: Thursday October 17, 1996 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°07.514' -73°56.465'
Depth:: 80 ft, main deck at 65 ft

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McGinty

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1954 Tampa FL USA
Specs:: ( 65 ft ) 79 GT
Sponsor:: Ocean Wreck Divers
Sunk:: Friday May 7, 2010 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°03.486' -73°59.344'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Megan Sue

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1960, Jacksonville FL, as Nomad
Specs:: ( 61x17 ft )
Sponsor:: "4 of Clubs" - DVD, Ocean Wreck Divers, MRMTC, Ann E Clark Foundation
Sunk:: Sunday January 9, 2005 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°03.181' -73°59.310'
Depth:: 80 ft, top at 60 ft

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Michael DePalma

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 70 x 28 ft )
Sponsor:: Creedon Tug & Barge Works, Friends of Michael DePalma, GDF, Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:: Tuesday February 27, 1996 - Wildwood Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°56.970' -74°41.337'

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Miller

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 90 x30 ft )
Sponsor:: Caldwell's Diving Company, Fish America Foundation
Sunk:: Tuesday October 10, 1989 - Garden State South Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°33.621' -74°06.528'

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Miss Beth

Type:: artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:: 1974 - Andy International - Brownsville TX, USA
Specs:: ( 80 x 20 ft ) 146 gross tons
Sunk:: Tuesday January 29, 2008 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°53.237' -74°40.545'

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Miss Doxsee

Type:: artificial reef, clam dredge
Built:: 1970, MRK Corp. Wildwood NJ USA
Specs:: ( 72 ft ) 125 gross tons
Sponsor:: Townsends Inlet Fluke Tournament, Ann E Clark Foundation
Sunk:: Monday August 13, 2007 - Townsends Inlet Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°06.605' -74°36.177'
Depth:: 60 ft

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Molasses barge

Type:: artificial reef, barge, tank
Specs:: ( 250 x 42 ft )
Sponsor:: Charlie Bobowicz
Sunk:: Monday August 17, 1987 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.498' -74°01.412'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Morania Abaco

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, USA
Built:: 1958, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 264 x 48 ft )
Sponsor:: Morania Oil Company, Army Reserve, Navy EOD
Sunk:: Monday November 18, 1985 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°14.133' -74°12.154'
Depth:: 110 ft

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Morania barge

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Built:: 1961, Beaumont TX USA
Specs:: ( 230 ft )
Sponsor:: Morania Oil Company
Sunk:: Monday June 6, 1988 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.301' -73°57.424'
Depth:: 75 ft

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William B. Diggs

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Built:: 1918
Specs:: 1041 tons
Sunk:: Monday September 3, 1934
foundered - no casualties
Depth:: 42 ft

The Diggs was engaged in a salvage operation at the time of her loss and actually settled on top of another shipwreck, of unknown origin. The green blinker buoy for which it is known was removed after the wooden wreck was demolished in the 1970s. Also known as the "Green Blinker Wreck".

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