- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1975, Savannah GA, USA, as Capt. Leary
- Specs:
- ( 53 x 18 ft ) 55 tons
- Sunk:
- Thursday Jan 14, 2021 - Manasquan Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°04.784' -73°59.420'
- Depth:
- 75 ft
More: Ranger ...
New Jersey Artificial Reefs (14/18)
- Type:
- artificial reef, buoy tender / ice breaker, US Coast Guard
- Built:
- 1971, US Coast Guard Yard, Baltimore MD
- Specs:
- ( 157 x 33 ft )
- Depth:
- 65 ft
- Sponsor:
- USCG, Dick Weber & South Jersey Fishing Center
- Sunk:
- Monday September 13, 1999 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°53.125' -74°40.816'
More: Red Oak WLM-689 ...
- Type:
- 250 "Redbird" subway cars - NYC Subway system - steel bodies / frames
- Built:
- 1959-1960 - American Car & Foundry - Model R26 # 7750-7859
1960-1961 - American Car & Foundry - Model R28 # 7860-7959
1962-1963 - St. Louis Car - Model R29 # 8570-8805
1962-1963 - St. Louis Car - Model R33 # 8806-9345
1963-1964 - St. Louis Car - Model R36 # 9346-9769 - Specs:
- ( 51 x 9 ft ) 15,000 to 18,000 pounds (body)
- Sunk:
- 50 cars - Cape May Reef on July 3, 2003
50 cars - Deepwater Reef on July 16, 2003
50 cars - Atlantic City Reef on July 25, 2003
50 cars - Garden State North Reef on Sept 3, 2003
50 cars - Shark River Reef on Oct 14, 2003
619 cars - Delaware Reef 11 from Aug 2001 to Nov 2003 - Sponsor:
- New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
- anti-
Sponsor: - Environmental group Clean Ocean Action lobbied aggressively and almost successfully to prevent the use of these subway cars as artificial reefs in New Jersey, resulting in most of the cars going to other states.
- GPS:
- too many to list, and all gone anyway
- Depth:
- Depths vary by location between 80 ft and 130 ft.
More: Redbird Subway Cars ...
SS United States Finally Leaves Philadelphia to Begin Its Last Chapter
By Forrest Brown and Danny Freeman, CNN
Wed February 19, 2025
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.
"Today, the nation's sole surviving ocean liner will glide down the Delaware River to begin the next chapter in her uniquely American story," said Susan Gibbs, president of the SS United States Conservancy and granddaughter of the ship's designer, William Francis Gibbs, in statement just before ship left. After spending nearly three decades docked empty in Philadelphia, the tow to Mobile is expected to take about two weeks.
More: Reef Program Dodges a Bullet ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, buoy tender
- Specs:
- ( 46 ft )
- Sunk:
- Tuesday January 8, 2008 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.931' -73°56.373'
More: Response ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler
- Specs:
- ( 62 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Bob Henry
- Sunk:
- Friday December 19, 1997 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°08.005' -73°56.025'
More: Restorer ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, crew boat
- Specs:
- ( 50 x 13 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Caldwell's Diving Company, Absecon Saltwater Fishermen
- Sunk:
- Friday May 27, 1988 - Garden State South Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°33.693' -74°06.123'
- Depth:
- 65 ft
More: Rhino ...
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.
More: Rock & Rubble ...
This site on the Shark River Artificial Reef consists of two long ridges of seven huge rock piles each, with one long valley east-west between them. Between piles, there are smaller valleys. Each ridge contains approximately two million tons ( or one million cubic yards ) of granite, blasted and dredged from the bottom of New York harbor between September 2002 and September 2003. Peak depths range from 85 to 105 ft, bottom depth is 130 ft. In addition, 15 Redbird subway cars were deposited on or near one of the piles. A single similar rockpile is located in shallower water on the Axel Carlson Reef.
More: Rock Ridges ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1960, Wilmington DE USA
- Specs:
- ( 105 x 24 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Spentonbush Red Star Company
- Sunk:
- Friday February 14, 1986 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.942' -73°55.879'
- Depth:
- 80 ft
More: Rockland County ...
