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June 5, 2021

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June 5, 2021

Carter's Creek

Ranger / Geiges

Uncategorized, 06/5/21

Carter's Creek

F/V Carter’s Creek unloads Atlantic menhaden at Reedville, Va., for both bait and reduction.

Type:: artificial reef, trawler, purse seiner
Built:: 1948, RTC Shipbuilding, Camden NJ, USA, as Absecon
Specs:: ( 130x25 ft ) 198 gross tons (as built)
Sunk:: Wednesday May 19, 2021 - Manasquan Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°05.010' -73°59.632'
Depth:: 75 ft

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Ranger

Photo by Marc Piche

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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barge etc

The larger tug Ranger was sunk on the Manasquan Reef

Type:: artificial reef, barge, etc
Specs:: ( 140 ft )
Sunk:: Thursday January 14, 2021 - Little Egg Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°28.340' -74°11.083'

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Mohawk

Shipwreck SS Mohawk — Not to be confused with the R.C. Mohawk or the other S.S. Mohawk.

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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