Tugboats (1/8)
A tugboat is a small sturdy and powerful vessel designed to push or tow other vessels and barges
You will see them in every sizable port; smart, businesslike small ships, low in the water and surging out to a large inbound ship. Tugs represent power for pushing and pulling, an engine with just enough hull for adequate buoyancy. Thick fenders for close-quarters work, pushing a big ship alongside the quay against the wind, hauling her off at the end of a towing wire.
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1939, Southern Shipbuilding, Slidell LA as Rowen Card
- Specs:
- ( 106 x 26 ft ) 263 tons
- Sponsor:
- Ann E Clark Foundation
- Sunk:
- Thursday Sept 25, 2003 - Deepwater Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°58.004' -74°10.721'
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- Type:
- shipwreck, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1937, Bethlehem Beaumont, Beaumont TX USA
- Specs:
- ( 68 ft ) 4 crew
- Sunk:
- Tuesday November 25, 1971
structural failure during storm due to improper modifications - 2 casualties - Depth:
- 136 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat - USACE
- Built:
- 1941, Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI as Escort
- Specs:
- ( 56 x 14 ft ) 34 tons
- Sunk:
- November 2005 - Townsends Inlet Artificial Reef
- Sponsor:
- GPS:
- 39°06.450' -74°36.020'
- Depth:
- 60 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1941, Gulfport Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, TX, as YTB-175 USS Chekilli
- Specs:
- ( 96 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Manasquan River Marlin & Tuna Club, Ann E Clark Foundation
- 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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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1958, Gulfport Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, TX, as Margaret C
- Specs:
- ( 110 ft )
- Sunk:
- Tuesday Jan 30, 2009 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°40.540' -74°43.957'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1925, Bethlehem Wilmington, Wilmington DE as Stroudsburg
- Specs:
- ( 103 ft ) 195 GT
- Sponsor:
- Hay's Tug & Launch, GDF, Jersey Fresh Seafood Festival
- Sunk:
- Sunday June 9, 1995 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°13.961' -74°12.926'
- Depth:
- 75 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat, US Army
- Built:
- 1945, American Machinery Company, Orlando CA USA, as ST-842, R.J. Wales
- Specs:
- ( 80 x 23 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Artificial Reef Association
- Sunk:
- Sunday July 27, 1997 - Shark River Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°06.320' -73°41.855'
- Depth:
- 125 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1943, Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA USA as DPC-15, later Brooklyn
- Specs:
- ( 86 x 24 ft ) 146 GT, 9 crew
- Sponsor:
- Friends of the Norma K
- Sunk:
- Tuesday October 30, 2001 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°03.390' -73°59.550'
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There are three basic types of commercial fishing vessels found in the Mid-Atlantic region: trawlers, seiners/gill-netters, and long-liners. A trawler or "dragger" operates by towing its fishing gear across the bottom. Weighted nets take bottom fishes, while cage-like steel dredges take clams and scallops. A seiner uses a floating net to encircle schools of surface-swimming fishes such as herring and tuna. A long-liner sets out miles of buoyed line with baited hooks to catch sharks, tuna, and swordfish. One could also add lobster boats and charter fishing or "head" boats to this list. And of course, dive boats.
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