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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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Varanger

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

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Vincent Tibbetts / Walt Hendee

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

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YOG-93

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'

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USS Salmon SSR-573

Shipwreck USS Salmon
Model of the Salmon in the 1970s.
Type:
shipwreck, Sailfish class submarine, U.S. Navy
Built:
1956, Portsmouth NH, USA
Specs:
( 350 x 25 ft ) 2530 tons, no crew
Sunk:
Saturday June 5, 1993
"artificial reef"
GPS:
39°42.2' -72°18.2' (US Navy 2004)
Depth:
360 ft

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