Kings Point / Allen R

Type:
artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:
1956, Madisonville LA
Specs:
( 100 x 27 ft ) 264 tons
Sponsor:
Ann E Clark Foundation, South Jersey Fishing Center
Dedication:
Allen R
Sunk:
Friday March 26, 2004 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°51.475' -74°42.029'
Depth:
70 ft
King's Point reef

Built in 1956, by Equitable Equipment of Madisonville, Louisiana ( hull #931 ) for the Curtis Bay Towing Company of Baltimore, Maryland. In 1958, the company became an affiliate of the Moran Towing Corporation of New York, New York. In 1988, the Curtis Bay Towing Company was absorbed into the Moran Towing Corporation of New York, New York. She was a single screw tug, rated at 2,400 horsepower. Sister to Fells Point.

King's Point reef
King's Point reef
King's Point reef

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By Alex Brylske
Reprinted from Dive Training
Sept. 1996

PARALLELS ARE OFTEN DRAWN BETWEEN DIVING AND FLYING. Both take place in an environment where the ambient pressure is different than the earth's surface - where we spend most of our time breathing - and both require formal training to qualify as a participant. Yet, on one point the two activities diverge completely. In flying, the highlight of a pilot's life is his or her first opportunity to solo - to operate the aircraft alone. In fact, after earning a private pilot's license, aviators commonly fly with no one other than God as their copilot.

Not so in diving; the admonition to "never dive alone" is considered the hallmark of safe diving.

To most divers, entering the water without a buddy is tantamount to a pilot taking off without doing a preflight check of the airplane. But to assume that buddy diving is an absolute universal practice would be a mistake. Lots of divers dive solo. Some do it intentionally, but most end up sans buddy completely by accident.

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