Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
Depth: 70-90 ft
Delaware has quite an active Artificial Reef Program for such a small state. Most of its reefs are located in Delaware Bay and consist of concrete, rock, and rubble, not really of interest to divers. Three of the reefs, Numbers 9, 10, and 11, are in the ocean. Of these, Number 11 is of special interest, since, in addition to three "wrecks" and numerous Army tanks, it contains 619 Redbird subway cars - cars that New Jersey turned away. At least they didn't go very far - these cars were actually closer than some of the 250 that New Jersey eventually sank in our own reefs!
Fells Point, Cittie Pointe, and William C Snow
The Red Bird reef site was begun in 1996, taking its name as a derivation of the "Redbird" paint-schemed subway cars donated in 2001 by New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority. To build the Red Bird Reef, 619 of the obsolete subway cars were sunk, each of them 51 feet long by nine wide, making a substantial bottom structure for an artificial reef.
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1958, Port Arthur, TX, as Margaret C
- Specs:
- ( 110 ft )
- Sunk:
- Tuesday Jan 30, 2009 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°40.540' -74°43.957'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Specs:
- ( 86 ft )
- Built:
- 1943, Decatur AL as DPC-65
- Sunk:
- Friday Jan 15, 1999 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°40.540' -74°43.957'
- Depth:
- 75 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, freighter, purse seiner
- Built:
- 1944, Brooklyn NY USA, as Army FS-278
- Specs:
- ( 166 x 32 ft ) 542 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Friday, August 14, 2020 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°40.423' -74°44.295'
- Depth:
- 80 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Built:
- 1953, New Orleans LA, as BCL-1103
- Specs:
- ( 110 x 34 ft ) 144 tons
- Sunk:
- Friday Oct 20, 2000 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°40.540' -74°43.957'
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1956, Madisonville, LA
- Specs:
- ( 110 ft )
- Sunk:
- Monday June 2, 2008 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°40.540' -74°43.957'
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All manner of concrete, steel, and stone rubble from dredging, demolition projects, and other construction is used as artificial reef materials. This material is generally available at very low cost or free from construction companies who are more than happy to get rid of it. Transportation costs determine where this material is used by the Reef Program.
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