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New Jersey Artificial Reefs (4/19)

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Cape Straight WPB-95308

Type:: artificial reef, cutter, US Coast Guard
Built:: 1953 Curtiss Bay MD USA
Specs:: ( 95 x 20 ft )
Sponsor:: USCG, New Jersey State Police
Sunk:: Thursday September 9, 1993 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°51.060' -74°42.125'
Depth:: 65 ft

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Captain Bart YOG-58

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, US Navy ( YW-83 class / YO-65 class )
Built:: 1944, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA, as YOG-58
Specs:: ( 174 x 33 ft ) 1390 displacement tons (full)
Sponsor:: GPPCBA, Crown Beer Distributors, Budweiser
Dedication:: Captain Bart Rozanski
Sunk:: Friday June 9, 2000 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°07.103' -73°41.479'
Depth:: 130 ft

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Captain Bill / Veronica M

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, McAllister Towing (Boston)
Built:: 1950, Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY as Hazleton
Specs:: ( 110 x 27 ft ) 199 gross tons
Sponsor:: Herb & Veronica Segars
Dedication:: Veronica Segars
Sunk:: Wednesday November 10, 2004 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°03.104' -73°59.283'
Depth:: 75 ft

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Captain Etzel

Type:: artificial reef, barge, US Navy
Built:: 1968, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, as YC-1504
Specs:: ( 110 x 32 ft )
Sponsor:: US Navy, Clark's Landing Marina
Sunk:: Wednesday July 6, 1994 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°07.910' -73°56.168'

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Captain Henry

Type:: artificial reef, LCM-6 (Landing Craft-Mechanized) used as buoy tender
Built:: 1943 New Orleans LA USA
Specs:: ( 56 x 14 ft ) 64 tons
Sponsor:: Bureau of Coastal Engineering, Fish America &
Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:: Sunday May 6, 1990 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°51.200' -74°42.280'

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car float barge

Car Float #52 reef — The Car Float barge is pushed up the Navesink River below Twin Lights. The tugboat is the *Billy D*, later sunk on the Shark River Reef.

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 270 x 39 ft )
Sponsor:: East Coast Tender Services
Sunk:: Wednesday February 10, 1988 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°07.135' -73°56.919'

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Carlson II

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Specs:: ( 70 ft )
Sponsor:: Axel Carlson Jr.
Sunk:: June 1973 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.805' -73°57.176'
Depth:: 70 ft

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Carol Moran / Point Pub

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1949 Orange TX USA
Specs:: ( 100 x 27 ft ) 240 tons
Sponsor:: Atlantic County Reef Society, Fish America, 1000 Fathom Club
Dedication:: Point Pub
Sunk:: Tuesday July 17, 1990 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°15.449' -74°14.173'
Depth:: 90 ft

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Carter's Creek

dis-masted, cleaned, and ready for sinking

Type:: artificial reef, trawler, purse seiner
Built:: 1948, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ, USA, as Absecon
Specs:: ( 140x25 ft ) 198 gross tons
Sunk:: Wednesday May 19, 2021 - Manasquan Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°05.010' -73°59.632'
Depth:: 75 ft

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Caterina.D

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1973 - Bishop Shipbuilding, Aransas Pass TX USA as America 200
Specs:: ( 70 ft ) 137 gross tons
Sponsor:: Manasquan River Marlin & Tuna Club
Sunk:: Tuesday April 24, 2007 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°01.650' -73°59.747'
Depth:: 80 ft

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New Jersey Artificial Reefs

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Sandbar (Brown) Shark

Carcharhinus plumbeus

Size:
to 6 ft

The Sandbar Shark is the commonest inshore shark in New Jersey waters.

Most people are familiar with Peter Benchley's thrilling novel Jaws or one of the movies it has inspired. The image of a giant shark terrorizing a small resort community is hard to forget. After all, the idea of predators ( in this case, people ) becoming prey realizes one of our most primal fears. It also makes for exciting reading or viewing.

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