- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1927, F.G. Post, Mystic, CT USA ???
- Specs:
- ( 50 ft )
- Sunk:
- Wednesday October 28, 1992 - Shinnecock Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°47.994' -72°28.116'
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New York Artificial Reefs (5/6)
- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1978, Quality Marine, Bayou La Bâtre AL USA
- Specs:
- ( 90 ft ) 168 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Friday November 6, 1998 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°43.506' -72°46.461'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, houseboat, replica Spanish galleon
- Specs:
- ( 48 ft ) wood hull
- Sunk:
- 2002 - Yellowbar Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- 21 ft
- GPS:
- 40°38.030' -73°14.571'
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There is a great deal of controversy over the use of subway cars as artificial reefs. There shouldn't be. Subway cars are fish condos. They are the perfect size and shape to provide homes for all sorts of fishes, as well as large attachment areas for other organisms. The fact that they come complete with large door and window openings is even better. Most reef materials, such as ships and barges, improve with age because they open up, allowing easier access to the interior. Indeed, some of the most barren reefs I have seen are those that are completely intact, since they offer little shelter.
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1950, Gulfport Shipbuilding, Gulfport Shipbuilding Corp, Port Arthur, TX USA
- Specs:
- ( 102 ft ) 197 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Tuesday November 26, 2019 - 12-Mile Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- 125 ft
- GPS:
- 40°37.104' -72°31.388'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1930s, Syracuse NY USA
- Specs:
- ( 74 ft )
- Sunk:
- Thursday May 31, 2018 - Shinnecock Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°48.064' -72°28.651'
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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.
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1976, Belhaven, NC USA ?
- Specs:
- ( 55 ft )
- Sunk:
- Saturday April 23, 1994 - Shinnecock Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°48.173' -72°28.489'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1964, Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset MA, as Joseph & Lucia II
- Specs:
- ( 88 x 23 ft ) 179 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Thursday January 4, 2024 - Mattituck Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- ~80 ft
- GPS:
- 40°03.396' -72°34.186'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1979, Canaveral Shipbuilding, Cape Canaveral FL
- Specs:
- ( 97 x 24 ft ) 185GT
- Sunk:
- Friday March 12, 1999 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°43.439' -72°46.440'
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The schooner barge was the final development of the working sailing ship. The design originally evolved in the 1870s on the Great Lakes, where it was found that sailing ships could be more profitably towed from place to place than sailed. No longer subject to the vagaries of the wind, such trips could be made on a scheduled basis, and with reduced labor costs. The idea spread into general use, resulting in the conversion of many sailing ships into barges. Ironically, most of the vessels that were converted to schooner barges were not actually schooners, but square-rigged ships. Square-riggers, with their large and expensive crews of skilled sailors, became uneconomical to operate in the face of ever-improving steam power, while more efficient schooners managed to compete for a few years longer.
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