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Artificial Reef off Barnegat Inlet
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I dive the wrecks in the reef along the Jersey Coast. Generally speaking you will be in less than 100' feet....closer to 80'. For the complet Guide go here...
http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/pdf/reefs/reef_guide.pdf
http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/pdf/reefs/reef_guide.pdf
This one is going in...or should I say under....next week:
April 28, 2010
The NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife has announced that a 68-foot steel-hulled vessel is slated for deployment on the Axel Carlson on May 7, 2010. The vessel is being deployed as part of the Division's Artificial Reef Program. The Axel Carlson Reef is located 4.4 nautical miles southeast of Manasquan Inlet in Monmouth County.
Once the vessel is sunk it will soon become a home for 150 species of fish and marine life, a fishing ground for anglers and an underwater attraction for scuba divers. The vessel will continue to serve the fishing industry for at least another 50 years.
The target location for the deployment on the reef will be: 40 03.450' 073 59.350'. Commercial fishers who have gear in this area must move it or risk having it destroyed.
The target date for deployment is subject to weather and sea conditions. For further information regarding the deployment of the vessel contact Hugh Carberry at 609-748-2022.
For information on past and planned deployments see the Artificial Reef Deployments page.
The one in August that you are most likely thinking of, The USS Radford, is being skuttled in the Del-Jersey-Land reef...I've already made plans for a September trip to dive her:
4/7/2010
NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
April 7, 2010
Vol. 40, No. 95
Contact: Jeffrey Tinsman, Division of Fish and Wildlife, 302-739-4782 or Michael Globetti, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.
Delaware receives title transfer to ex-USS Radford, setting
course for summer sinking of longest ship reefed in Atlantic
DOVER— It’s “Ship sinking ahoy!” for Delaware’s artificial reef program after DNREC Secretary Collin P. O’Mara signed a transfer agreement accepting title to the retired destroyer USS Arthur W. Radford—which will become the longest vessel ever reefed in the Atlantic Ocean when sunk later this year.
The 563-foot-long Radford is tentatively scheduled to go down in August onto the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Reef site, located 26 miles southeast of the Indian River Inlet. The reef’s name comes from the three states—Delaware, New Jersey and Maryland—partnering with the U.S. Navy to enhance fisheries habitat and recreational diving opportunities by putting the Radford on the ocean floor. The Navy also is sharing cost of reefing preparations, including transport of the ex-warship to its resting place in Delaware waters.
“Delaware is proud to be at the helm of a conservation project from which sportsmen and the environment alike can expect to derive great benefits,” said Sec. O’Mara. “We believe our artificial reef program’s renown will become an even bigger draw through the Radford’s sinking—and of course, drawing fish for anglers and divers is why we’re reefing the ship as marine habitat in the first place.”
Within the next two weeks, the Radford will be towed a short distance within the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where it’s now berthed, to Pier 5, Dry Dock 2, to be cleaned and prepared for sinking. Cleanup will follow EPA best management practices for reefing vessels and will be undertaken by American Marine Group, a Virginia-based contractor that has reefed many vessels along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
The ex-destroyer, named for Navy admiral Arthur W. Radford who served as the commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Command and chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was commissioned in 1977 and decommissioned in 2003. Following final inspection and clearance in August, the Radford will be towed down the Delaware River and to sea over the reef site, where it will be positioned for several days while the hull is strategically sliced open to allow for a methodical sinking by flooding its compartments.
Delaware has 14 permitted artificial reef sites in the Delaware Bay and coastal waters, with five of these sites located in federal (ocean) waters. Development of the sites began in 1995 as part of a comprehensive fisheries management effort by the Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Delaware Reef Program. The collaborative Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Reef, which consists primarily of sunken retired ships and fishing boats, comprises an area of about one square mile with a depth of 120-130 feet.
“Having title really throttles up our anticipation for the sinking, because as we’ve said from the beginning, the Radford is an exceptionally good reefing candidate,” said Jeffrey Tinsman, manager of the Delaware Reef Program of DNREC’s Division of Fish and Wildlife. “We are excited about adding this great vessel to a mid-Atlantic reef site that’s accessible from ports in three states.”
For more information on the state’s artificial reefs, please visit http://www.fw.delaware.gov/Fisheries/Pages/ArtificialReefProgram.aspx or contact Jeff Tinsman, Delaware Reef Program administrator, at 302-739-4782.
April 28, 2010
The NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife has announced that a 68-foot steel-hulled vessel is slated for deployment on the Axel Carlson on May 7, 2010. The vessel is being deployed as part of the Division's Artificial Reef Program. The Axel Carlson Reef is located 4.4 nautical miles southeast of Manasquan Inlet in Monmouth County.
Once the vessel is sunk it will soon become a home for 150 species of fish and marine life, a fishing ground for anglers and an underwater attraction for scuba divers. The vessel will continue to serve the fishing industry for at least another 50 years.
The target location for the deployment on the reef will be: 40 03.450' 073 59.350'. Commercial fishers who have gear in this area must move it or risk having it destroyed.
The target date for deployment is subject to weather and sea conditions. For further information regarding the deployment of the vessel contact Hugh Carberry at 609-748-2022.
For information on past and planned deployments see the Artificial Reef Deployments page.
The one in August that you are most likely thinking of, The USS Radford, is being skuttled in the Del-Jersey-Land reef...I've already made plans for a September trip to dive her:
4/7/2010
NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
April 7, 2010
Vol. 40, No. 95
Contact: Jeffrey Tinsman, Division of Fish and Wildlife, 302-739-4782 or Michael Globetti, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.
Delaware receives title transfer to ex-USS Radford, setting
course for summer sinking of longest ship reefed in Atlantic
DOVER— It’s “Ship sinking ahoy!” for Delaware’s artificial reef program after DNREC Secretary Collin P. O’Mara signed a transfer agreement accepting title to the retired destroyer USS Arthur W. Radford—which will become the longest vessel ever reefed in the Atlantic Ocean when sunk later this year.
The 563-foot-long Radford is tentatively scheduled to go down in August onto the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Reef site, located 26 miles southeast of the Indian River Inlet. The reef’s name comes from the three states—Delaware, New Jersey and Maryland—partnering with the U.S. Navy to enhance fisheries habitat and recreational diving opportunities by putting the Radford on the ocean floor. The Navy also is sharing cost of reefing preparations, including transport of the ex-warship to its resting place in Delaware waters.
“Delaware is proud to be at the helm of a conservation project from which sportsmen and the environment alike can expect to derive great benefits,” said Sec. O’Mara. “We believe our artificial reef program’s renown will become an even bigger draw through the Radford’s sinking—and of course, drawing fish for anglers and divers is why we’re reefing the ship as marine habitat in the first place.”
Within the next two weeks, the Radford will be towed a short distance within the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where it’s now berthed, to Pier 5, Dry Dock 2, to be cleaned and prepared for sinking. Cleanup will follow EPA best management practices for reefing vessels and will be undertaken by American Marine Group, a Virginia-based contractor that has reefed many vessels along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
The ex-destroyer, named for Navy admiral Arthur W. Radford who served as the commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Command and chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was commissioned in 1977 and decommissioned in 2003. Following final inspection and clearance in August, the Radford will be towed down the Delaware River and to sea over the reef site, where it will be positioned for several days while the hull is strategically sliced open to allow for a methodical sinking by flooding its compartments.
Delaware has 14 permitted artificial reef sites in the Delaware Bay and coastal waters, with five of these sites located in federal (ocean) waters. Development of the sites began in 1995 as part of a comprehensive fisheries management effort by the Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Delaware Reef Program. The collaborative Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Reef, which consists primarily of sunken retired ships and fishing boats, comprises an area of about one square mile with a depth of 120-130 feet.
“Having title really throttles up our anticipation for the sinking, because as we’ve said from the beginning, the Radford is an exceptionally good reefing candidate,” said Jeffrey Tinsman, manager of the Delaware Reef Program of DNREC’s Division of Fish and Wildlife. “We are excited about adding this great vessel to a mid-Atlantic reef site that’s accessible from ports in three states.”
For more information on the state’s artificial reefs, please visit http://www.fw.delaware.gov/Fisheries/Pages/ArtificialReefProgram.aspx or contact Jeff Tinsman, Delaware Reef Program administrator, at 302-739-4782.
Dominic,
I was in fact refering to the Ex-Radford. The ship is scheduled to be moved on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. It will be moved to a pier not to far from it's current location. The cleaning, prepping, etc. Is expected to take 110 days.
It will make a great dive.
I was in fact refering to the Ex-Radford. The ship is scheduled to be moved on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. It will be moved to a pier not to far from it's current location. The cleaning, prepping, etc. Is expected to take 110 days.
It will make a great dive.
The deployment of the USS Radford has been delayed.....
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201011260410/SPORTS06/101125082
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201011260410/SPORTS06/101125082
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Originally posted by dominic
I dive the wrecks in the reef along the Jersey Coast. Generally speaking you will be in less than 100' feet....closer to 80'. For the complet Guide go here...
http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/pdf/reefs/reef_guide.pdf
Thanks for the link. I didn't realize how many army tanks were on the ocean floor!