DPC-19 "JJ"

wheelhouse up - looks a little bizarre
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Built:
1943, Neponset MA USA
Specs:
( 81 x 24 ft ) 142 gross tons
Sunk:
Friday November 7, 2003 - Moriches Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:
40°43.470' -72°46.489'
wheelhouse down

DPC-19

Built in 1943, by George Lawley and Son of Neponset, Massachusetts (hull #1307) as the DPC-19 for the United States Defense Plant Corporation. The tug was transferred to the United States War Shipping Administration, where the tug was re-designated as the WSA-2.

In 1949, the tug was acquired by the Kehoe Transportation Company of New York, New York, where she was renamed as the Clayton P. Kehoe. In 1949, the tug was acquired by the Lakes Tankers Corporation of New York, New York. A division of the National Marine Service of St. Louis, Missouri, where she was renamed the Canal Cities.

In 1972, she was acquired by the Reinauer Transportation Company of Staten Island, New York, where she was renamed the Curtis Reinauer. In 1988, the tug was acquired by J.K. Marine Incorporated of New York, New York, where she was renamed as the K-2.

In 1999, the tug was sold, and reefed under the name "JJ".

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DPC-19 had her profile altered at some point, DPC boats did not have moveable pilot houses. The modification was done for operation on canals and inland waterways.


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Pterois volitans

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Notes: venomous spines

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