New Jersey Artificial Reef Sites (18/18)

New Jersey Artificial Reefs

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Winthrop reef
Type:
artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:
1948, Bath Iron Works, Maine, USA
Specs:
( 117 x 24 ft ) 195 gross tons
Sponsor:
Eirek's Dock, Fish America Foundation
Sunk:
Wednesday July 12, 1989 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°50.825' -74°43.312'
Depth:
60 ft

Wyoming reef
Type:
artificial reef, clam dredge, USA
Specs:
( 100 x 18 ft )
Sponsor:
Wyoming Boat Corp, Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:
Saturday Dec 7, 1991 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°52.976' -74°40.620'

New Jersey Artificial Reef Sites

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Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge
Specs:
( 330 x 40 ft )
Sunk:
March 12, 1932
Depth:
95 ft

Capt. Mick Trzaska of the dive boat CRT II also calls this the "Bomb Wreck", since it once produced a live aircraft-type explosive. A diver had sent it up with a lift bag thinking it was a champagne bottle! How it got there is anyone's guess.

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