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tanker ship drawing — Typical 1930s oil tanker

A tanker is a cargo ship designed to carry liquid cargoes, usually but not always fuel oils.

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AH Dumont YO-54

Type:: artificial reef, tanker
Built:: 1940, Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 247 x 38 ft )
Sponsor:: Spentonbush Red Star Company, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:: Tuesday June 10, 1986 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.727' -74°01.079'
Depth:: 85 ft

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Alan Martin YO-31

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, US Navy, YO-20 class
Built:: 1918, New York NY USA, as YO-31
Specs:: ( 161 x 25 ft ) 335 tons light, 911 tons full-load
Sponsor:: Crystal Oil Corporation, Marine Trades Assn. of NJ, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:: Thursday September 10, 1987 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.440' -73°41.130'
Depth:: 125 ft

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Bidevind

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, Norway
Built:: 1938, Germany
Specs:: ( 414 x 56 ft ) 4956 gross tons, 36 crew
Sunk:: Thursday April 30, 1942
torpedoed by U-752 - no casualties
GPS:: 39°48'57" -72°46'07" (US Navy 2004)
Depth:: 190 ft

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Captain Bart YOG-58

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, US Navy ( YW-83 class / YO-65 class )
Built:: 1944, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA, as YOG-58
Specs:: ( 174 x 33 ft ) 1390 displacement tons (full)
Sponsor:: GPPCBA, Crown Beer Distributors, Budweiser
Dedication:: Captain Bart Rozanski
Sunk:: Friday June 9, 2000 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°07.103' -73°41.479'
Depth:: 130 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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Coney Island

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, sludge
Built:: 1938, 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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Durley Chine

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, England
Built:: 1913, England
Specs:: ( 279 x 40 ft ) 1918 gross tons, 28 crew
Sunk:: Sunday April 30, 1917
collision with steamer Harlem - no casualties
Depth:: 185 ft

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Francis Bushey

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, USA
Built:: 1957, Brooklyn NY USA (Bushey Yard)
Specs:: ( 247 x 42 ft )
Sponsor:: Spentonbush Red Star Company
Sunk:: Sunday April 13, 1986 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°14.203' -74°12.148'
Depth:: 100 ft

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Gluckauf

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, Germany
Built:: 1886, Germany
Specs:: ( 300 x 37 ft ) 2307 gross tons
Sunk:: Friday March 25, 1893
ran aground in storm - no casualties
Depth:: 0-25 ft

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Gulf Trade

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, USA ( Gulf Oil )
Name:: One of a series of ships owned by Gulf Oil company, all named "Gulf ____"
Built:: 1920, Chester PA USA
Specs:: ( 430 x 59 ft ) 6776 gross tons, 34 crew
Sunk:: Tuesday March 10, 1942
torpedoed by U-588 - 18 casualties
Depth:: bow - 60 ft ; stern - 90 ft

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September 1, 2022

Purple Jellyfish - 2022

September 1, 2022

Rare mauve stinger jellyfish found at the Jersey Shore. Its sting is 'intense,' scientists warn.

By Brianna Kudisch
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Aug. 31, 2022

Mauve stingers are typically found in the open ocean, not along the coast, marine scientists said.
Provided by Maggie McGuire

Maggie McGuire was at Sea Watch Beach in Manasquan with her family Monday when they spotted something unusual in the water - a small, umbrella-shaped, purplish-pink jellyfish speckled with dots. They scooped one up with their bucket and let it swim around in the water before eventually releasing it on the other side of the beach, away from swimmers.

"The water was literally filled with them," McGuire recalled. Her kids caught and released probably a dozen, she estimated, and other kids were doing the same. She did a quick search online, found a Facebook group - New Jersey Jellyspotters - and posted photos of the jellyfish. Two marine biologists reached out and informed her they were mauve stingers, a species rarely found on New Jersey beaches.

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