Posts Tagged ‘Artificial Reef’
Former Floating Casino Becomes Part of Artificial Reef
With a slow splash, the 180-foot long Texas Star, originally outfitted as a floating casino and repurposed as a commercial fishing vessel, recently became part of Delaware’s artificial reef system. The reef site is 16.5 miles off the Delaware coast. 鈥淲ith today鈥檚 sinking of the Texas Star on Redbird Reef, one of 14 separate reef…
Read More“Reedville” Is Sunk To Become Part Of Artificial Reef
The Reedville, an ex- Army and Navy ship, was intentionally sunk Thursday. The Department of Natural Resources says the vessel joined old subway cars, the M-V Twin Capes of the Cape May – Lewes聽 Ferry and chunks of聽 concrete that make up an artificial reef聽 system habitat for marine life. The Reedville is 180聽 feet…
Read MoreFormer MV Twin Capes to be Sunk this Month to Del-Jersey-Land Artificial Reef
A retired Cape May-Lewes ferry ship will become a part of the Del-Jersey-Land artificial reef later this month.聽 The MV Twin Capes was built in 1974 and is one of the three original vessels that operated between Lewes and Cape May.聽 It was retired in October of 2013.聽 Last July the ferry was sold to…
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