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Tugboats (2/8)

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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Captain Bill

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, McAllister Towing (Boston)
Built:: 1950, Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, NY as Hazleton
Specs:: ( 110 x 27 ft ) 199 gross tons
Sponsor:: Herb & Veronica Segars
Sunk:: Wednesday November 10, 2004 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°03.104' -73°59.283'
Depth:: 75 ft

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Carol Moran

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1949, Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange TX USA
Specs:: ( 100 x 27 ft ) 240 tons
Sponsor:: Atlantic County Reef Society, Fish America, 1000 Fathom Club
Sunk:: Tuesday July 17, 1990 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°15.449' -74°14.173'
Depth:: 90 ft

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Cecilia J Brown DPC-42

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1944, Decatur Iron & Steel, Decatur AL USA
Specs:: ( 86 x 24 ft ) 146 GT, 9 crew
Sponsor:: Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association, Artificial Reef Association, Sportfish Fund
Sunk:: Monday August 16, 1993 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°52.950' -74°40.200'
Depth:: 60 ft

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Celtic / Cape Race

Type:: Celtic - shipwreck, canal tugboat, USA
Cape Race - shipwreck, barge, Oyster Bay NY USA
Built:: Celtic - 1958, Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay NY USA as Russell 10
Specs:: Celtic - ( 85 ft ) 6 crew
Cape Race - ( 150 ft )
Sunk:: Saturday November 17, 1984
barge foundered, pulling tug down with it - no survivors
Depth:: 60 ft

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Chickadee ST-555

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1944, Port Houston Iron Works, Houston TX USA as ST-555
Specs:: ( 45 x 13 ft ) 20 gross tons
Sunk:: Tuesday Dec 21, 2021 - McAllister Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°32.093' -73°39.209'

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Choctaw

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Name:: An Indian tribe of south and central Mississippi, later forcibly moved to the Oklahoma territory.
Built:: 1966, Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn NY USA
Specs:: ( 90 x 24 ft ) 84 gross tons
Sponsor:: Spentonbush Red Star Company, Beach Haven Marlin & Tuna Club, Fish America, Atlantic County Reef Society
Sunk:: Tuesday April 7, 1991 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.894' -74°01.284'
Depth:: 75 ft

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Cittie Point

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1953, American Marine, New Orleans, LA, as Valmet
Specs:: ( 95 ft )
Sunk:: Monday June 2, 2008 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

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Colleen

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1952, American Marine, New Orleans LA, USA
Specs:: ( 92 x 25 ft ) 150 tons
Sponsor:: GPPCBA, Budweiser, GDF
Sunk:: Saturday August 3, 1996 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°02.794' -73°59.350'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Condor

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1906?
Specs:: ( 70 ft ) 54 tons
Sunk:: Wednesday December 7, 1983
fire - no casualties
Depth:: 70 ft

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Dauntless

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1936, Jakobson Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York NY USA
Specs:: ( 80x24 ft ) 146 gross tons
Sunk:: Tuesday November 26, 2019 - 12-Mile Artificial Reef
Depth:: 125 ft
GPS:: 40°37.073' -72°31.094'

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Coast Guard Artificial Reefs

The United States Coast Guard has donated a number of vessels as artificial reefs over the years. They seem to be sensitive about having their vessels shown in a "bad" way, and typically paint out all the markings before turning them over.

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