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Tugboats (8/8)

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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Wagner's Point

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1941, T.S. Marvel Shipbuilding, Newburgh NY as Carrie T. Meseck
Specs:: ( 97 x 27 ft )
Sponsor:: Carbon Service Corp, GDF, Vincent Pessolano family
Sunk:: Thursday September 29, 1994 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.697' -74°01.113'
Depth:: 80 ft

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William C Snow

Delaware Artificial Reef #11 — *Fells Point* leads the string, *Cittie Point* in the middle, and *William C Snow* brings up the rear

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1962, Southern Materials Co, Norfolk VA USA
Specs:: ( 50 ft )
Sunk:: Monday June 2, 2008 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.540' -74°43.957'

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William R Farrell

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1900
Specs:: ( 61 ft )
Sunk:: 1979
Depth:: 55 ft

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YTM-544 / TD-24 Yatanocas

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, US Navy
Built:: 1945, Consolidated Shipbuilding, Bronx, NY
Specs:: ( 101 x 28 ft ) 260 DT
Sponsor:: Abyss Dive Club
Sunk:: Thursday Sept 25, 2003 - Deepwater Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°57.984' -74°10.771'
Depth:

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Shortfin Mako Shark

Isurus oxyrinchus

Size:
to 12 ft

Habitat:
open ocean, coastal

Notes: dangerous

A smaller cousin of the Great White, Mako sharks are renowned for their speed, and their powerful and aerobatic fight when hooked. They are also thought by some researchers to possess greater intelligence than other species. As a result of over-exploitation by long-liners and sport fishermen, the local population has collapsed, and large trophy-sized individuals have not been caught off New Jersey for many years, although small ones are still common.

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