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New Jersey Artificial Reefs
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Mixed-up Wrecks
According to Gary Gentile in his book Shipwrecks of New Jersey - South, the following three vessels and four known wrecks may be related as suggested here. Or it could be something else entirely.
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- Type:
- shipwreck, charter boat
- Built:
- 1929, Carvel Beach, MD
- Specs:
- ( 48 ft ) 25 GT
- Sunk:
- Wednesday 7/20/1960
scuttled - Depth:
- 80 ft
The Bonito was sunk as a "fish haven", an artificial reef in modern parlance. I'm sure there is nothing left of the wooden hull, and anything else has long since disappeared into the sand, but it is interesting for being one of the earliest documented reefs.
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The tube next to her is the remains of USS Clamagore SS-343
- Type:
- artificial reef, purse seiner
- Built:
- 1982, Bay City Shipbuilding, Panama City FL USA, as Judy V
- Specs:
- ( 164 x 38 ft ) 409 tons
- Sunk:
- Aug 12, 2026 - DelJerseyLand Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°30.715' -74°30.830'
- Depth:
- 120 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1872, Pusey & Jones, Wilmington DE
- Specs:
- ( 249 x 33 ft ) 1564 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Monday October 11, 1917
foundered in a storm, 1 casualty - GPS:
- 38°36.93' -74°55.82' (DNREC)
- Depth:
- 60 ft
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- Type:
- Adonis - shipwreck, wood-hulled bark
Rusland - shipwreck, iron-hulled steamer, England - Built:
- Adonis - 1853, Germany
Rusland - 1872, Scotland, as Kenilworth - Specs:
- Adonis - 550 tons, 12 crew
Rusland - ( 345 x 37 ft ) 2538 gross tons, ~200 passengers & crew - Depth:
- 25 ft
- Sunk:
- Adonis - Tuesday March 8, 1859 - ran aground in bad weather, no casualties
Rusland - Saturday March 17, 1877 - ran aground in bad weather, no casualties
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- Type:
- shipwreck, liner, USA, Clyde-Mallory Lines ( sailing under Ward Lines )
- Name:
- A tribe of Iroquoian Indians of the eastern New York area.
Three identical sisters were named Cherokee, Seminole, and Algonquin - Built:
- 1926, Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News VA USA
- Specs:
- ( 387 x 54 ft ) 5897 gross tons, 163 passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday January 25, 1935
collision with Norwegian freighter Talisman - 45 casualties - Depth:
- 80 ft max
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- Type:
- shipwreck, liner, Italy
- Name:
- A 16th century Genoese Admiral. This name had been previously carried by a number of Italian warships ( see page bottom )
- Built:
- 1951, Italy
- Specs:
- ( 700 x 90 ft ) 29083 displacement tons, 1706 passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday July 26, 1956
collision with freighter Stockholm ( 12000 tons) - 46 casualties - GPS:
- 40°29.405' -69°52.028' (AWOIS)
- Depth:
- 240 ft ( 190 ft minimum )
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This is the trailer for a movie that came out several years ago, but I just found out about it. Old hands will recognize the boat - it is the famous SEEKER. From IMDB:
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