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Fells Point

Fells Point Reef
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'

Built in 1956, by the Equitable Equipment Company Incorporated of Madisonville, Louisiana ( hull #933 ) as the Fells Point for the Curtis Bay Towing Company of Baltimore, Maryland. On the day it was launched in 1954, the 110-foot ship docking tug was the highest horsepower commercial ship docking tug in the world, with a turbocharged 16-251 American Locomotive Company diesel engine. Sister to Kings Point.

In 1958, the Curtis Bay Towing Company was acquired by the Moran Towing Company of New York, New York. However, the Curtis Bay Towing Company operated as an affiliate of the Moran Towing Company. In 1988, the Curtis Bay Towing Company was absorbed into the Moran Towing Corporation.

Delaware Artificial Reef #11
Fells Point leads the string, Cittie Point in the middle, and William C Snow brings up the rear
... and then there were two ...
... and then there were none ...

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Ajace

Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship, Italy
Specs:
566 tons
Sunk:
March 4, 1881; ran aground in storm - 1 survivor
Depth:
25 ft

Also known as the Italian Wreck, the Ajace was sunk at 4:00 AM on March 4, 1881. At the time, she was carrying a small cargo of scrap railroad iron and 2,040 empty petroleum barrels. While bound for New York from Belgium, the Ajace was caught in one of the worst storms of the year and ran aground off Rockaway beach. Many sources report that Captain F. Morice, seeing that all hope was lost, opened his private supply of brandy and shared it with his crew. Soon after, the crew became badly beaten from the pounding of the waves and drunk from the brandy.

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