New Jersey Scuba Diving

Wildwood Artificial Reef

4.5 Nautical Miles off Wildwood
Depth: 40-65 ft
Pair of Kings Lisa Kim Fallen Friends Maelstrom Lady Dee Michael DePalma

Wildwood Artificial Reef

Wildwood reef is composed mainly of Army tanks and tire units. ( not shown )

Wildwood Artificial Reef

Army Tanks

M60 tanks reef
M60 tanks undergo a thorough cleaning before use as reefs

The Artificial Reef Program used four types of obsolete Army armored vehicles as artificial reef materials off the New Jersey coast. These were cleaned at local military bases, loaded onto barges for transport, and pushed off at their final destination. Once the Army had disposed of its excess inventory, the program ceased, around 1999. The Artificial Reef Program has sunk almost 400 tanks altogether, far too many to list them here in this website.

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Lady Dee

Vandegrift reef
Type:
artificial reef, trawler, USA
Built:
1968 - Graham Boats, Pascagoula MS USA as Lady Ann
Specs:
( 78 ft )
Sponsor:
family & friends of Ray Vandegrift
Sunk:
Friday March 26, 2004 - Wildwood Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°57.414' -74°41.500'

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Michael DePalma

Michael DePalma reef
Type:
artificial reef, barge
Specs:
( 70 x 28 ft )
Sponsor:
Creedon Tug & Barge Works, Friends of Michael DePalma, GDF, Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:
Tuesday February 27, 1996 - Wildwood Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°56.970' -74°41.337'

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Clam Dredges

Clam Dredge
The Adriatic - an old clam dredge, Notice the "birds" hanging from the ends of the outriggers. These are lowered into the water while underway to stabilize the vessel.

A dredge is a vessel designed to remove sediment from the bottom, generally for the purpose of widening and deepening ship channels. However, the term is often applied to a specialized type of trawler. A clam dredge is a special type of trawler that takes clams from the sand. The device that actually does this is also called a dredge. Resembling a large steel cage, it is dragged across the sandy bottom, and rakes out the shellfish, along with rocks, debris, some bottom fish and lobsters, the occasional lost anchor, and anything else that is in its path.

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