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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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Helis YO-153

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1943 USA
Specs:: ( 156 x 30 ft ) 370 tons (empty) 1000 tons (full)
Sunk:: Tuesday May 17, 2005 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.856' -74°00.986'
Depth:: 80 ft

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India Arrow

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, USA
Built:: 1921, Quincy MA USA
Specs:: ( 468 x 62 ft ) 8327 gross tons, 38 crew
Sunk:: Wednesday February 4, 1942
torpedoed by U-103 - 12 survivors
Depth:: 190 ft

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Jet Trader YO-167

Type:: artificial reef, tanker
Built:: 1944 Brooklyn NY (Bushey Yard)
Specs:: ( 156 x 30 ft ) 440 tons
Sponsor:: Cleanwater of New York
Dedication:: Captain Andy Applegate
Sunk:: Friday September 2 2005 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°13.850' -74°12.510'

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John Dobilas YOGN-8

Type:: artificial reef, tanker
Specs:: ( 165 x 35 ft )
Sponsor:: Friends & the McGraw Hill Foundation
Dedication:: John Dobilas
Sunk:: Tuesday August 20, 1996 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.564' -74°01.341'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Lightburne

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, USA (Texaco)
Built:: 1919, Bath ME USA
Specs:: ( 432 x 56 ft ) 6429 tons, 37 crew + dog
Sunk:: Friday February 10, 1939
ran aground on Block Island - no casualties
Depth:: 30 ft

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Mako Mania YW-127

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, US Navy YW-83 class
Built:: 1945, Surgeon Bay, WI, USA, as YW-127
Specs:: ( 165 x 33 ft )
Sponsor:: GPPCBA, Budweiser
Sunk:: Thursday July 16, 1998 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.419' -73°41.460'
Depth:: 125 ft

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Morania Abaco

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, USA
Built:: 1958, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 264 x 48 ft )
Sponsor:: Morania Oil Company, Army Reserve, Navy EOD
Sunk:: Monday November 18, 1985 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°14.133' -74°12.154'
Depth:: 110 ft

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Norness

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, Panama
Built:: 1939, Germany
Specs:: ( 493 x 65 ft ) 9577 tons
Sunk:: Wednesday January 14, 1942
torpedoed and shelled by U-123 - the first loss of World War II in U.S. waters
Depth:: 280 ft, min 210 ft

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Oklahoma

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, USA
Built:: 1908, Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 419 x 55 ft ) 5853 gross tons, 38 crew
Sunk:: Sunday January 4, 1914
broke in half in storm - 25 casualties

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Ocean Wreck Divers IV "The Bow"

Ocean Wreck Divers IV reef — Please support the Artificial Reef Program so that they can sink the rest of this ship !

Type:: artificial reef, tanker ( front half only )
Specs:: ( 85 x 30 ft )
Sponsor:: Ocean Wreck Divers
Sunk:: Friday August 7, 1998 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°07.750' -73°56.345'
Depth:: 70 ft

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The Manasquan River is overall not as nice a place to dive as the Shark River. The currents are stronger, the water never seems as clean, and the bottom is silty wherever it is not covered with mussels. The inlet jetties can be downright dangerous, and the boat traffic in the channel there is often very heavy. Off the north jetty is the so-called "Manasquan Wreck", but this is a long swim from shore and probably best approached with a boat.

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