Ships (13/50) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Ships (13/50)

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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Coleman II

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 60 x 25 ft )
Sponsor:: Coleman Construction Co, Fish America, Artificial Reef Association
Sunk:: Wednesday June 21, 1995 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.296' -74°01.214'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Colleen

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1952, American Marine, New Orleans LA, USA
Specs:: ( 92 x 25 ft ) 150 tons
Sponsor:: GPPCBA, Budweiser, GDF
Sunk:: Saturday August 3, 1996 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°02.794' -73°59.350'
Depth:: 80 ft

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concrete

Type:: 4700 concrete slabs ( must be quite a pile )
Sponsor:: Delaware River Port Authority
Sunk:: 1988 - Cape May Artificial Reef

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Condor

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1906?
Specs:: ( 70 ft ) 54 tons
Sunk:: Wednesday December 7, 1983
fire - no casualties
Depth:: 70 ft

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Coney Island

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, sludge
Built:: 1938, Bethlehem Staten Island, Staten Island NY USA
Specs:: ( 250 x 40 ft )
Sponsor:: Crystal Oil Corporation, Marine Trades Assn. of NJ, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:: Thursday September 10, 1987 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.285' -73°41.365'
Depth:: 125 ft, starts at 80 ft

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Connie F

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1960, Thomaston ME USA
Specs:: ( 62x17 ft ) 57 gross tons
Sunk:: Jan 24, 2001 - Yellowbar Artificial Reef
Depth:: 34 ft
GPS:: 40°38.001 -73°14.479

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Continent

Type:: shipwreck, freighter, Canada
Built:: 1931, Netherlands? as Castor
Specs:: ( 211 x 45 ft ) 466 gross tons, 14 crew
Sunk:: Saturday January 10, 1942
collision with Byron D Benson ( 7953 tons) - 1 casualty
GPS:: 40°25.662' -73°50.736' (AWOIS 2013)
Depth:: 130 ft

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Cornelia Soule

Type:: shipwreck, schooner, USA
Specs:: 306 tons, 6 crew
Sunk:: Saturday April 26, 1902
ran aground in bad weather - no casualties
GPS:: 40°25.992' -73°10.620' (AWOIS 2013)
Depth:: 25 ft

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Cornelius Grinnell

Type:: shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
Specs:: ( 180 x 38 ft ) 1100 tons
Sunk:: Monday, January 13, 1853
grounded in storm - no casualties

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Cornelius Hargraves

Type:: shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:: 1889, H.M. Bean, Camden ME, USA
Specs:: ( 211 x 45 ft ) 1332 gross tons, 10 crew
Sunk:: Saturday October 30, 1890
collision with steamer Vizcaya - no casualties
Depth:: 80 ft

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Harbor Seal

Phoca vitulina

by Larry Sarner

Wild seals conjure up images of northern or even Arctic climates. But few people know that more than a hundred harbor seals call New Jersey home during the winter months, coming ashore into isolated estuaries and even upstream into a few rivers.

New Jersey is near the southern limits of the range for harbor seals on the East Coast. However, these seals are frequent visitors offshore in winter and even have been reported as far south as the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia and off the coast of North Carolina. The winter seal-sighting season runs from December through March. Seals generally leave the New Jersey coast by the second week in April, probably responding to rising air and water temperatures and the increase in human activity.

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