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Tugboats (5/8)

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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Lewis F Boyer

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1922, Oscar Daniels, Tampa FL, as Lorraine D
Name:: named ( now ) for Travis Nagiewicz, Capt. Steve's son.
Specs:: ( 95 x 20 ft ) 125 gross tons
Sponsor:: Captains Steve Nagiewicz & Dan Crowell
Sunk:: Wednesday October 31, 2001 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°08.179' -73°55.824'
Depth:: 75 ft

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Lizzie D

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1907, Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia PA USA
Specs:: ( 77 x 21 ft ) 122 gross tons, 13 crew
Sunk:: Thursday October 19, 1922
unknown, related to smuggling during Prohibition - no survivors
Depth:: 80 ft

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Margaret

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1915, Bethlehem Staten Island, Staten Island NY, as Charles P. Crawford
Specs:: ( 97 x 24 ft ) 171 gross tons
Sunk:: Thursday June 28, 2007 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

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Margie Ann

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Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1950, Tampa Marine, Tampa, FL, as William H
Specs:: ( 90 ft )
Sunk:: Tuesday June 19, 2001 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

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Matt Turecamo DPC-14

Matt Turecamo reef — Yes, that is wood grain

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1943, Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA as DPC-14, later Matt Turecamo
Specs:: ( 86 x 24 ft ) 146 GT, 9 crew
Sponsor:: Sean Maubray, FCO
Sunk:: Thursday October 17, 1996 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°07.514' -73°56.465'
Depth:: 80 ft, main deck at 65 ft

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Megan Sue

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1960, Diesel Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL, as Nomad
Specs:: ( 61x17 ft )
Sponsor:: "4 of Clubs" - DVD, Ocean Wreck Divers, MRMTC, Ann E Clark Foundation
Sunk:: Sunday January 9, 2005 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°03.181' -73°59.310'
Depth:: 80 ft, top at 60 ft

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Mr G / Rusty Pusher

Type:: artificial reef, tugboats
Sunk:: Wednesday March 4, 2009 - Delaware #10 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°36.649' -74°56.646'

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Nautilus

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat
Built:: maybe 1948, Bellinger Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL as Barbara ???
Specs:: ( 47 ft )
Sunk:: circa 1971
Depth:: 60 ft

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New England Coast

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, Dann Marine, USA
Built:: 1966 - Main Iron Works, Houma LA, as New England Sun
Specs:: ( 105 x 30 ft ) 184 gross tons
Sunk:: Friday July 7, 2023 - Shark River Artificial Reef
GPS:: NJDEP Private Fishing Hole
Depth:: 125 ft

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Panther

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1870, USA
Specs:: ( 191 x 36 ft ) 712 tons, 20 crew, including barge crew
Sunk:: Wednesday August 24, 1893
foundered in storm - 17 casualties
Depth:: 55 ft

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crane barge

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Sunk:: March 2004
foundered under tow
Depth:: 60 ft

This medium-sized crane barge sank under tow in March 2004. The barge is upside-down, but propped up at a 30-degree angle by the crane, rising 30 feet off the bottom at the highest point. The crane is a large rotating affair that is permanently mounted on the barge. It is not the crumpled arm of the crane that supports the hull, but the central cab, so the wreck is stable, and it is safe to explore the cavernous dark space below. The bottom is coarse sand and pea gravel. Eventually, the wreck will crush flat, but that will probably take several years, and until then this is a fun and interesting site. Big eels, Sea Bass, and even one or two lobsters can be found here.

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