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New Jersey Artificial Reefs

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AC Wescoat

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 60 x 25 ft )
Sponsor:: A.C. Wescoat Company, Fish America Foundation, Atlantic County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:: Wednesday Oct 11, 1989 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°15.540' -74°14.691'
Depth:: 80 ft

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AC Wescoat 2

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 60 ft )
Sponsor:: AC Wescoat Bulkheads
Sunk:: Wednesday July 26, 2006 - Ocean City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°09.891' -74°34.310'

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Ada Adelia

Type:: artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:: 1866, Eastport ME USA
Specs:: ( 65 x 20 ft )
Sponsor:: Adelia Inc. & Andy Applegate
Sunk:: Friday Oct 11, 1991 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°15.500' -74°13.880'
Depth:: 85 ft

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AH Dumont YO-54

Type:: artificial reef, tanker
Built:: 1940, John H. Mathis, Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 247 x 38 ft )
Sponsor:: Spentonbush Red Star Company, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:: Tuesday June 10, 1986 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.727' -74°01.079'
Depth:: 85 ft

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AJ McAllister YNT-12

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1939, Southern Shipbuilding, Slidell LA as Rowen Card
Specs:: ( 106 x 26 ft ) 263 tons
Sponsor:: Ann E Clark Foundation
Sunk:: Thursday Sept 25, 2003 - Deepwater Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°58.004' -74°10.721'

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Alan Martin YO-31

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, US Navy, YO-20 class
Built:: 1918, Todd Shipyards, New York NY USA, as YO-31
Specs:: ( 161 x 25 ft ) 335 tons light, 911 tons full-load
Sponsor:: Crystal Oil Corporation, Marine Trades Assn. of NJ, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:: Thursday September 10, 1987 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.440' -73°41.130'
Depth:: 125 ft

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American

Type:: artificial reef, schooner
Built:: 1921, Arthur D. Story, Essex MA USA
Specs:: ( 125 x 18 ft )
Sponsor:: Cold Springs Dock
Sunk:: Monday June 3, 1985 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°13.855' -74°12.332'
Depth:: 120 ft

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Antares

Type:: artificial reef, sailboat
Specs:: ( 41 x 8 ft )
Sponsor:: John Deckert
Sunk:: Friday April 19, 1996 - Barnegat Light Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°45.067' -74°01.892'

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APL-31

Type:: shipwreck, barge, barracks craft - personnel housing
Built:: 1944, Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding, Everett, WA. USA
Specs:: ( 261 x 49 ft ) 2,580 tons
Sponsor:: The Meyer Family
Sunk:: Monday July 23, 2001 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.600' -73°41.500'
Depth:: 125 ft

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Aqua II

Type:: artificial reef, barge, water
Built:: 1913, ? Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 110 x 30 ft )
Sponsor:: Eklof Marine Co., Marine Trades Assn. of NJ, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:: Saturday November 7, 1987 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.474' -74°01.217'
Depth:: 80 ft

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April 2, 2025

Reef Program Dodges a Bullet

April 2, 2025

SS United States Finally Leaves Philadelphia to Begin Its Last Chapter

By Forrest Brown and Danny Freeman, CNN
Wed February 19, 2025

The storied ocean liner *SS United States* leaves its Philadelphia pier in the Delaware River on Wednesday. From SS United States Conservancy/Facebook

After months of multiple delays, the SS United States finally left its longtime home of Philadelphia just before 1 p.m. ET Wednesday. The storied ocean liner's next stop is Mobile, Alabama, where it will be prepared for its final mission - to become an artificial reef off the coast of the Florida Panhandle. The American maritime icon, nearly as large as the Chrysler Building, was launched in 1951 and set the transatlantic speed record in 1952.

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