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Tugboats (4/8)

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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Great Isaac

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, U.S. War Shipping Administration (Navy)
Name:: All the ships of this class were named for lighthouses in the U.S., except for the Great Isaac, which is in the Bahamas.
Built:: 1944, General Ship, Boston MA USA
Specs:: ( 185 x 37 ft ) 1117 gross tons, 27 crew
Sunk:: Wednesday April 16, 1947
collision with Norwegian freighter Bandeirante - no casualties
Depth:: 90 ft

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Gwendoline Steers

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1888, John H. Dialogue & Son, Camden NJ USA, as Douglas H. Thomas
Specs:: ( 97 x 21 ft ) 148 tons, 9 crew
Sunk:: Sunday December 30, 1962
cause unknown - no survivors
Depth:: 40 ft, starts at 20 ft

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H.W. Long

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat
Built:: Globe Shipbuilding, Buffalo NY USA
Specs:: ( 53 ft )
Sunk:: circa 1973
GPS:: 40°25.433' -73°52.204' (AWOIS 2008)
Depth:: 70 ft

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Huntress

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1955, Wiley Manufacturing, Port Deposit MD USA, as Deborah
Specs:: ( 56 ft ) 42 GT
Sponsor:: Vinik Marine
Sunk:: Saturday June 9, 2020 - Sandy Hook Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°21.541' -73°56.006'
Depth:: 60 ft

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Jane

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1939, Pusey & Jones, Wilmington DE USA
Specs:: ( 70x18 ft ) 65 tons
Sunk:: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 - Hempstead Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°31.030' -73°31.800'

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Jerry

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1952, Gulfport Shipbuilding, Port Arthur TX USA
Specs:: ( 42 x 15 ft ) 27 tons
Sponsor:: Artificial Reef Association
Sunk:: Monday September 15, 1997 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.757' -74°00.828'
Depth:: 80 ft

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JJ DPC-19

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1943, Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA USA
Specs:: ( 86 x 24 ft ) 146 GT, 9 crew
Sunk:: Friday November 7, 2003 - Moriches Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°43.470' -72°46.489'

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John A. Downs

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Type:: Fraser Shipyards, Superior, WI as Frances A. Small
Specs:: ( 113 x 31 ft, 850 tons ) 8 crew
Sunk:: Sunday March 3, 1985
collision with one of its own barges - no casualties
Depth:: 230 ft

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King Cobra

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1887, Philadelphia PA USA, as Beverly Francis
Specs:: ( 67 x 16 ft ) 52 gross tons, 4 crew
Sunk:: Wednesday January 3, 1979
unknown cause - no survivors
Depth:: 45 ft

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King's Point

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1956, Equitable Equipment Company, Madisonville LA USA
Specs:: ( 100 x 27 ft ) 264 tons
Sponsor:: Ann E Clark Foundation, South Jersey Fishing Center
Sunk:: Friday March 26, 2004 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°51.475' -74°42.029'
Depth:: 70 ft

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Barnacles

Barnacles are the strangest of crustaceans. Imagine a tiny shrimp glued down by the top of its head, with its antennae waving in the current, and you begin to understand what a barnacle really is.

Northern Rock Barnacles ( Balanus balanoides, to 1" ) grow in the intertidal zone, subtidal in places, attached to any hard surface. They are in constant competition for living space with mussels. Mussels grow faster but are more susceptible to drying out. Therefore, mussels quickly take over the lower wetter areas, while barnacles rule in the higher dryer reaches.

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