Tankers (4/4)

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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Shipwreck Varanger
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, Norway
Name:
A peninsula in north-east Norway ( a cold place )
also, an old Scandinavian term for "Viking"
Built:
1925, Netherlands
Specs:
( 470 x 60 ft ) 9305 gross tons, 40 crew
Sunk:
Sunday January 25, 1942
torpedoed by U-130 - no casualties
Depth:
140 ft

Vincent Tibbetts reef
Type:
artificial reef, T1-M-A2 tanker, gasoline
Built:
1944 Bayonne NJ USA as USS Ochlockonee AOG-33
Specs:
( 244 x 37 ft ) tonnage unknown after lengthening
Sponsor:
Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association, PSE&G Habitat Restoration Fund, friends of Walt Hendee, Ann E. Clark Foundation
Dedication:
Walt Hendee
Sunk:
Thursday Sept 5, 2002 - Deepwater Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°58.385' -74°11.429'
Depth:
135 ft

YOG-93 reef
Type:
artificial reef, tanker, US Navy
Built:
1945, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ USA
Specs:
( 174 x 33 ft ) 1390 tons
Sunk:
Monday June 25, 2007 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°40.590' -74°43.957'

Tankers

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Bay King reef
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Built:
1941, Port Arthur, TX, as YTB-175 USS Chekilli
Specs:
( 96 ft )
Sponsor:
Manasquan River Marlin & Tuna Club, Ann E Clark Foundation
Dedication:
MRMTC Member Memorial Reef
Sunk:
Sunday January 9, 2005 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°03.187' -73°59.283'
Depth:
80 ft, top at 60 ft

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