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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

YO-153 Helis reef

Type:: artificial reef, tanker, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1943, Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn NY 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

Shipwreck India Arrow

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, USA
Built:: 1921, Bethlehem Quincy, 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

Jet Trader reef

Type:: artificial reef, tanker
Built:: 1944, Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn NY USA
Specs:: ( 156 x 30 ft ) 440 tons
Sponsor:: Cleanwater of New York
Sunk:: Friday September 2 2005 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°13.850' -74°12.510'

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Lightburne

Shipwreck Lightburne

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, USA (Texaco)
Built:: 1919, Texas Steamship Company, 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, Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI, USA, as YW-127
Specs:: ( 174 x 33 ft )
Sponsor:: GPPCBA, Budweiser
Sunk:: Thursday July 16, 1998 - Shark River Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.419' -73°41.460'
Depth:: 125 ft

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Morania Abaco

Morania Abaco reef

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

Shipwreck 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

Shipwreck Oklahoma

Type:: shipwreck, tanker, USA
Built:: 1908, New York Shipbuilding, 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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Pan Pennsylvania

Shipwreck Pan Pennsylvania

Type:: shipwreck, tanker (T3), USA
Built:: 1943, Welding Shipyards, Norfolk VA, USA
Specs:: ( 516 x 70 ft ) 11017 gross tons
Sunk:: Sunday April 16, 1944
torpedoed by U-550, then shelled and sunk by USS Sagamore - 60 survivors
Depth:: 240 ft ?

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