Ships (41/50) ~ New Jersey Scuba Diving

Ships (41/50)

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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Starcraft

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Built:: 1936, Port Richmond, NY USA
Specs:: ( 150 x 40 ft ) 684 GT
Sponsor:: Eklof Marine, Ocean Wreck Divers club, Artificial Reef Association, Village Harbor Fishing Club
Sunk:: Wednesday May 11, 1994 - Garden State South Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°33.528' -74°06.309'

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Steven McAllister

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, McAllister Towing, USA
Built:: 1949, Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, NY USA, as Paterson
Specs:: ( 95 x 25 ft )
Sponsor:: Hudson River Fishermen's Association of New Jersey
Sunk:: Friday September 22, 2000 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.883' -73°41.534'
Depth:: 125 ft

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Stolt Dagali

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, Norway
Name:: Stolt is the name of the line that owned the ship; it translates "proud". Dagali is a mountain valley in Norway.
Built:: 1955, Denmark, as Dagali
Specs:: ( 582 x 70 ft ) 12723 gross tons, 43 crew
Sunk:: Thursday November 26, 1964 ( Thanksgiving day )
collision with liner Shalom ( 25,338 tons ) - 19 casualties
Depth:: 130 ft, starts at 60 ft

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Storm

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1967, Rockport Yacht & Supply Co. (RYSCO), Rockport TX as Faneca
Specs:: ( 95 ft ) 66 gross tons
Sunk:: Friday August 11, 2023 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.249' -74°01.178'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Strathmere barges

Type:: artificial reef, barge (3)
Specs:: ( unknown )
Sunk:: Thursday May 16, 2019 - Townsends Inlet Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°06.446' -74°36.429'
39°06.479' -74°36.316'
39°06.452' -74°36.455'

There was never any public notice of these sinkings, although they appeared later in lists.

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Sulzer barge

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 100 ft )
Sunk:: Friday May 25, 2007 - Ocean City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°10.032' -74°34.008'

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Sumner

Type:: shipwreck, collier, converted to passenger freighter, USA
Built:: 1883, Germany, as Rhaetia
Specs:: ( 351 x 43 ft ) 3553 gross tons, 232+ passengers & crew
Sunk:: Tuesday December 12, 1916
ran aground - no casualties
Depth:: 25 ft

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Susan Rose

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1977, Steiner Shipyard, Bayou La Batre AL as Margaret Rose
Specs:: ( 77 ft ) 142 gross tons
Sunk:: Thursday Feb 13, 2025 - Manasquan Artificial Reef
GPS:: NJDEP Private Fishing Hole
Depth:: 75 ft

The Susan Rose is a secret reef, sunk with no public notice or announcement. It will no doubt be used for another "period of successional development and monitoring" like the Carrabassett since 2024 and the New England Coast since 2023. Here is the NJDEP contact form if you would like to inquire about the progress of these studies:

https://dep.nj.gov/contact-form

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Swensen barge

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Built:: 1970
Specs:: ( 50 x 16 ft )
Sunk:: Friday June 27, 2003 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°03.585' -73°59.391'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Swenson I & II

Swenson barges I & II reefs — Swenson Barge I

Type:: artificial reef, barge
Specs:: ( 130 x 30 ft )
Sponsor:: Shore Dock Company Inc.
Sunk:: I - Friday July 25, 1986
II - Wednesday September 16, 1987 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°07.305' -73°56.885'

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Teredo (Shipworm)

Teredo navalis

Size: to 5 "

This worm-like creature is actually a bivalve mollusk with a greatly reduced shell, which it uses to bore tunnels into wood. They typically spend their entire lives in a tunnel in a single piece of wood. In addition to feeding off the wood, they can also filter feed like ordinary bivalves.

In the age of wooden ships, teredos and other wood-borers were a tremendous problem. In our area, more wood-boring is done by crustaceans than Teredos.

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