- Type:
- artificial reef, barge, crane
- Specs:
- ( 110 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Caldwell's Diving Company
- Sunk:
- Friday December 3 1999 - Little Egg Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°28.780' -74°11.084'
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Ships (48/50)
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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- Type:
- artificial reef, ferry, USA
- Built:
- 1929, Electric Boat Company, Groton CT USA
- Specs:
- ( 101 x 32 ft )
- Sunk:
- Friday August 10, 2018 - Hempstead Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°30.994' -73°32.955'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Specs:
- ( 109 x 34 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Friends of Craig and Pat Thoman
- Sunk:
- Tuesday January 15 2002 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.370' -73°56.765'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Specs:
- ( 106 x 36 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Penn Reels
- Sunk:
- Wednesday June 21, 1995 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°37.628' -74°01.643'
- Depth:
- 80 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship, England
- Specs:
- ( 287 x 38 ft ) 2458 gross tons, 300+ passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Saturday October 22, 1853
ran aground in heavy fog - no casualties - Depth:
- 25 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, barge
- Built:
- 1918
- Specs:
- 1041 tons
- Sunk:
- Monday September 3, 1934
foundered - no casualties - Depth:
- 42 ft
The Diggs was engaged in a salvage operation at the time of her loss and actually settled on top of another shipwreck, of unknown origin. The green blinker buoy for which it is known was removed after the wooden wreck was demolished in the 1970s. Also known as the "Green Blinker Wreck".
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1962, Southern Materials Co, Norfolk VA USA
- Specs:
- ( 50 ft )
- Sunk:
- Monday June 2, 2008 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°40.540' -74°43.957'
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- Type:
- shipwreck, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1900
- Specs:
- ( 61 ft )
- Sunk:
- 1979
- Depth:
- 55 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, clam dredge, USA
- Built:
- 1966, Rockport Yacht & Supply Co. (RYSCO), Rockport TX USA
- Specs:
- ( 91 ft ) 175 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Thursday, May 11, 1989
foundered - Depth:
- 150 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, freighter, USA
- Name:
- Named for a town in eastern Wisconsin?
- Built:
- 1907, England, as Hogland
- Specs:
- ( 271 x 39 ft ) 1869 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties - Depth:
- 220 ft
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Industrial Pollution
In the United States, industry is the greatest source of pollution, accounting for more than half the volume of all water pollution and for the most deadly pollutants. Some 370,000 manufacturing facilities use huge quantities of freshwater to carry away wastes of many kinds. The waste-bearing water, or effluent, is discharged into streams, lakes, or oceans, which in turn disperse the polluting substances. In its National Water Quality Inventory, reported to Congress in 1996, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded that approximately 40% of the nation's surveyed lakes, rivers, and estuaries were too polluted for such basic uses as drinking supply, fishing, and swimming. The pollutants include grit, asbestos, phosphates and nitrates, mercury, lead, caustic soda and other sodium compounds, sulfur and sulfuric acid, oils, and petrochemicals.
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