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Ships (12/50)

A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying goods or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity, and tradition.

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Chickadee ST-555

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1944, Port Houston Iron Works, Houston TX USA as ST-555
Specs:: ( 45 x 13 ft ) 20 gross tons
Sunk:: Tuesday Dec 21, 2021 - McAllister Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°32.093' -73°39.209'

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China Wreck

Type:: shipwreck, sailing ship
Specs:: ( 158 ft )
Depth:: 45 ft

The "China Wreck" is the partial remains of a late 19th-century wooden sailing ship, with a cargo of china plates and cups, and miscellaneous articles. This site is believed to be the wreck of the D.H. Bills, a 158'-long wooden-hulled ~~barkentine~~ topsail schooner that sank with a cargo of British-made earthenware during a storm in March 1880.

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Choapa

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Chile
Built:: 1937, England, as Helga
Specs:: ( 292 x 41 ft ) 1700 gross tons, 67 crew
Sunk:: Thursday September 21, 1944
collision with tanker British Harmony, then with freighter Voco ( 5090 tons) while at anchor, then with tanker Empire Garrick - no casualties
Depth:: 195 ft, starts at 160 ft

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Choctaw

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Name:: An Indian tribe of south and central Mississippi, later forcibly moved to the Oklahoma territory.
Built:: 1966, Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn NY USA
Specs:: ( 90 x 24 ft ) 84 gross tons
Sponsor:: Spentonbush Red Star Company, Beach Haven Marlin & Tuna Club, Fish America, Atlantic County Reef Society
Sunk:: Tuesday April 7, 1991 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.894' -74°01.284'
Depth:: 75 ft

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Cinderella

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1964, DESCO Marine, St. Augustine FL ?
Specs:: ( 70 ft )
Sunk:: Tuesday March 15, 1983 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
Sponsor:: Artificial Reef Committee
GPS:: 40°06.777' -73°56.860'

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Cittie Point

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1953, American Marine, New Orleans, LA, as Valmet
Specs:: ( 95 ft )
Sunk:: Monday June 2, 2008 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

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City of Athens

Type:: shipwreck, liner, USA
Built:: 1911, New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA, as Somerset
Specs:: ( 309 x 46 ft ) 3648 gross tons, 135 passengers & crew
Sunk:: Wednesday May 1, 1918
collision with French Navy cruiser La Gloire - 67 casualties
Depth:: 110 ft

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Coimbra

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, England
Name:: Coimbra is an important city and university in east-central Portugal.
Built:: 1937, Germany
Specs:: ( 423 x 60 ft ) 6768 gross tons, 40 crew
Sunk:: Thursday January 15, 1942
torpedoed by U-123 - 34 casualties
Depth:: 190 ft, starts at 165 ft

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Coleman barges

Type:: artificial reef, barge (2)
Specs:: ( 50 ft )
Sponsor:: Kevin Coleman
Sunk:: Tuesday July 21, 2015 - Barnegat Light Artificial Reef
GPS - 1:: 39°45.500' -74°01.650'
GPS - 2:: 39°45.350' -74°01.600'

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Coleman I

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 45 x 20 ft )
Sponsor:: Coleman Construction Company
Sunk:: Tuesday June 27, 1989 - Sandy Hook Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°21.060' -73°56.125'
Depth:: 50 ft

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