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Tugboats (3/7)

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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Delilah DPC-65

Matt Turecamo reef — I can find no pictures of *Delilah*, but here is a great-looking twin sister, DPC-14 *Matt Turecamo*, with fake wood-grain paint

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Specs:: ( 86 ft )
Built:: 1943, Decatur AL as DPC-65
Sunk:: Friday Jan 15, 1999 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'
Depth:: 75 ft

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Diver's Abyss

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, US Navy
Specs:: ( 104 ft )
Sponsor:: Abyss Dive Club
Sunk:: Thursday Sept 25, 2003 - Deepwater Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°57.984' -74°10.771'
Depth:

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Dorothy

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat (cut into pieces)
Specs:: ( 65 ft )
Sponsor:: Spectra Services
Sunk:: Saturday June 3, 1989 - Sandy Hook Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°21.555' -73°56.103'
Depth:: 60 ft

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DPC-19 "JJ"

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1943, Neponset MA USA
Specs:: ( 81 x 24 ft ) 142 gross tons
Sunk:: Friday November 7, 2003 - Moriches Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°43.470' -72°46.489'

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Edwin Duke

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat & barge, USA
Sunk:: 1930; foundered in storm - no casualties
Depth:: 55 ft

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Eugene F Moran

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Fells Point

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1956, Madisonville, LA
Specs:: ( 110 ft )
Sunk:: Monday June 2, 2008 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

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Fran S

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1899
Specs:: ( 84 ft )
Sunk:: early 1970s - Atlantic Beach Reef
Depth:: 80 ft
GPS:: 40°31.711' -73°43.438'

sank during dredging operations

later raised, moved, and re-sunk as part of reef

intact, upright

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Georgia Moran / Anne E Clark

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1949, Orange TX as Barbara Moran
Specs:: ( 100 x 27 ft ) 238 tons
Sponsor:: Ann E Clark Foundation, South Jersey Fishing Center
Dedication:: Guido
Sunk:: Friday March 26, 2004 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°51.465' -74°42.016'
Depth:: 70 ft

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Glen II

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat
Specs:: ( 83 ft ) 68 tons
Sunk:: Saturday January 31, 1953
Depth:: 80 ft

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Artificial Reefs Siting

Artificial Reefs

Every fisherman has his favorite fishing area and thinks that it would be the perfect spot for an artificial reef. "Why don't you build a reef here?" they ask.

Obviously, the State could never satisfy every New Jersey angler with his own pet reef. Besides that, there are many constraints that limit both the number and location of ocean reef sites. New Jersey now has a network of 15 reef sites, evenly spaced from Sandy Hook to Cape May. In its original plan, the Reef Program estimated that 14 or 15 sites would be needed to provide access to anglers and divers from every New Jersey inlet.

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