Coast Guard rescue off Cape May, New Jersey
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The concrete ship, U.S.S. Atlantus viewed from Sunset Beach, Cape May Point, New Jersey.
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Due to a shortage of steel, during World War I, the federal goverment turned to experimental design concrete ships. An emergency fleet of 38 concrete ships were planned by the United States Shipping Board. Only 12 of the concrete ships were ever put into service. Two others had construction begun, but they were never completed.
The Atlantus was the second prototype, a 3,000 ton 250 foot long freightliner. it was built with 5 inch thick hull of special concrete aggregate, to correct shattering and brittleness problems found in the first concrete ship. It was built by the Liberty Shipbuilding Corporation of Brunswick, Georgia. She was launched on November 21st. 1918, at Wilmington, North Carolina. Commissioned June 1st. 1919, the Atlantus served for a year as a goverment owned privately operated commercial coal steamer in New England.
With the end of the war, the more efficent steel ships were again available. The Concrete Fleet was decommissioned. The Atlantus was sent to the Bone Yard at Pigs Point, in Norfolk, Virginia in September of 1920. A year later the Atlantus was stripped after being purchased by a salvage company.
In 1926, the Atlantus was towed to Cape May, New Jersey. A Baltimore firm was attempting to start a ferry service from Cape May, New Jersey to Lewes, Deleware. It was planned to have a channel dredge well into shore. The Atlantus would then be forced into the channel. A special drawbridge type of device was to be mounted on the exposed end. two other hulls would be sunk at angles creating a Y shape. The ferry would dock by wedging in and cars and passengers would load and unload by use of the drawbridge.
While awaiting positioning the Atlantus broke loose of her moorings duning a storm June 8th. 1926 and went aground. Several attempts were made to free the Atlantus, but they were futile.
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Coast Guard Rescues 1 from Jetty in Cape May, NJ
The Coast Guard rescued a man from a jetty in Cape May, New Jersey, at about 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, after he was thrown from his fishing boat by another boat's wake. A 45-foot Response Boat - Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Cape May responded to the distress and rescued the man from the jetty.
Lovely Lake Lily, Cape May Point, NJ
One of my favorite place to chill with nature.
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge | Wikipedia audio article
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Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
00:00:51 1 Wildlife
00:01:52 2 Shorebirds
00:03:06 3 Songbirds / Neotropical migrants
00:03:53 4 Raptors
00:04:52 5 American woodcock
00:05:29 6 Endangered and threatened species
00:06:20 7 Fishery resources
00:07:01 8 See also
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The Cape May National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area on the Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, New Jersey. It is part of the National Wildlife Refuge System and managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Established in January 1989 with 90 acres (0.36 km2) acquired from the Nature Conservancy, it has since grown to more than 11,000 acres (45 km2) in size, and plans call for its further expansion to more than 21,200 acres (86 km2). It comprises three distinct and disjunct units: the Delaware Bay Division, the Great Cedar Swamp Division, and the Two Mile Beach Unit. Located in the Middle Atlantic coastal forests ecoregion, the cape provides habitat for large numbers of migratory birds.
Cape May Point Run, June 21, 2014
The Cape May Point run is a two and five mile race on the third Saturday in June. It usually falls on Fathers Day weekend.
The Coast Guard Recruits usually trail the two mile at 8:30am.
The five mile starts at 9am and circles the town twice with an added loop around Lake Lily.
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We had permission to fish on the Coast Guard Jetty in Cape May. We were only there for 3 hours and we caught 3 keepers and some throwbacks. We used both green crabs and Asian shore crabs.
The Beach with a World War II Bunker
This year, I went on a trip throughout the Northeastern United States - all the way from North Carolina to Maine. I wanted to visit places I hadn't been to before - both typical highlights of the state as well as locations off the beaten path. I used AtlasObscura.com to help meet the latter condition.
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0:59 - Cape May Lighthouse
2:34 - Bunker At Cape May Point
3:48 - Wreck of the S.S. Atlantus
4:10 - Princeton University
7:22 - Bridgewater, New Jersey - Where World War I Ended
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Coast Guard in Cape May,NJ doing a drill
Dolphin Party in New Jersey
Kayaking with a large pod of playful dolphins off the beach of Sea Girt, NJ. Filmed and edited by Filmed on July 3rd, 2012.
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Met some people from my new Meetup group here for a walk at the Manasquan Reservoir in Howell, NJ. A nice warm evening and we ended up doing four miles (I think it is a 5 mile loop if you go all the way around it). Pretty cool place where you can also go kayaking and found out my friend Dorian also works here as a park ranger. Thanks for watching.
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New Jersey whale watching
Had fun watching the whales feeding while bass fishing with the boys.
United States Naval Air Station Wildwood, NJ
While in Cape May Alice & I visited Naval Air Station Wildwood Museum. They have aircrafts on display from World War II to the present.
Shark at Cape May NJ, beach!!!!
I was on vacation with my wife and daughter at Cape May NJ, we were taking a walk on the west side known as sunset beach, we saw a man and his soon fishing and fighting something on the line for abou 20 minutes as we walked towards them we couldn't help wanting to know what they were fighting it for so long. Once I caught a glimpse of what I thought it was I whipped out my cam and started videoing. After I finished recording he did let the shark back to the ocean blue. I believe he said he thought it was a bull shark. Wish I would have got a real good close up but didn't want my daughter getting to close and loose a foot or two..... enjoy. Sorry to the guys who caught it i didn't get your names.. Great Job. created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (
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The hotel and beautiful beaches of Cape May, New Jersey
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Close up view of concrete ships at Kiptopeke State Park
Hear about the history and get a closer look at the concrete ships at Kiptopeke State Park.