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Tugboats (6/8)

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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Patrice McAllister

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1919, Johnson Iron Works, New Orleans LA USA, as Degrey
Specs:: ( 94 x 24 ft ) 201 gross tons, no crew
Sunk:: Monday October 4, 1976
foundered in storm while under tow - no casualties
Depth:: 55 ft

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Patrick McHugh

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1951, Matton Shipyard, Cohoes NY USA as Edward Matton
Specs:: ( 85 x 23 ft )
Sponsor:: Ocean Wreck Divers
Sunk:: Tuesday September 12, 2000 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°02.473' -73°59.599'
Depth:: 80 ft, top at 60 ft

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Ranger

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1975, Diamond Manufacturing, Savannah GA, USA, as Capt. Leary
Specs:: ( 53 x 18 ft ) 55 tons
Sunk:: Thursday Jan 14, 2021 - Manasquan Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°04.784' -73°59.420'
Depth:: 75 ft

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Relentless

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1950, Gulfport Shipbuilding, Gulfport Shipbuilding Corp, Port Arthur, TX USA
Specs:: ( 102 ft ) 197 gross tons
Sunk:: Tuesday November 26, 2019 - 12-Mile Artificial Reef
Depth:: 125 ft
GPS:: 40°37.104' -72°31.388'

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Reliable

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1930s, Syracuse NY USA
Specs:: ( 74 ft )
Sunk:: Thursday May 31, 2018 - Shinnecock Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°48.064' -72°28.651'

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Rockland County

Type:: artificial reef, towboat
Built:: 1960, Dravo, Wilmington DE USA
Specs:: ( 105 x 24 ft )
Sponsor:: Spentonbush Red Star Company
Sunk:: Friday February 14, 1986 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°07.942' -73°55.879'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Ronde Joyce II

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1941, ? Pascagoula MS USA ?
Specs:: ( 62 x 17 ft )
Sponsor:: Coffey, Graybowski, Clark's Landing Marina, Mercury Marine
Sunk:: Thursday August 5, 1993 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.486' -73°57.224'
Depth:: 65 ft

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Sandy Point

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1947, Gulfport Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, TX, as Captain Chris Harms
Specs:: ( 85 ft )
Sunk:: Wednesday March 10, 2010 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

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Spartan

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1957, Calumet Shipyard & Drydock, Chicago IL USA
Specs:: ( 85 x 23 ft )
Sponsor:: Spentonbush Red Star Company
Sunk:: Friday January 31, 1986 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.158' -73°57.198'
Depth:: 70 ft

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Steven McAllister

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, McAllister Towing, USA
Built:: 1949, Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, NY USA, as Paterson
Specs:: ( 95 x 25 ft )
Sponsor:: Hudson River Fishermen's Association of New Jersey
Sunk:: Friday September 22, 2000 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.883' -73°41.534'
Depth:: 125 ft

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Vacationers

I'm from [ Ohio, Florida, Michigan, California, Spain, Brazil, etc ] and will be vacationing in New Jersey and would like to go diving ...

I get this inquiry all the time. Diving here, compared to most vacation destinations, is cold, dark, deep, strenuous, and difficult. Chances are, if you already own all the cold water gear, and dive with it where you live, then you will be ok here. I'm talking about folks from Canada, New England, the UK, and Scandinavia, and similar places where cold-water ocean diving is practiced. On the other hand, doing a few cold-water dives in a quarry in Ohio ( or wherever ) is in no way qualification for the North Atlantic.

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