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DRYDOCK Jacksonville
 This old Navy Dry Dock is 615 feet long, 127 feet wide and 57 feet
tall. She was donated by the Navy to be used as an artificial reef.
In coordination with the Kingfish Tournament, Jacksonville Offshore
Sport Fishing Club and the Jacksonville Scubanauts Reef Research
Team, she was sunk on September 13, 1989, 45 miles offshore. The
sinking took only 20 minutes and was accomplished without
explosives. The Dry Dock landed upright in 125 feet of water. To
date the Dry Dock is the largest artificial reef to be sunk on the
eastern seaboard. According to the Scubanauts Reef Research Team,
within 59 days of the Dry Dock's sinking, hurricane Hugo swept
through the area. When the artificial reef was surveyed after the
powerful storm, it was noted that she had changed her orientation
from 330 degrees to 20 degrees, and both of her wingwalls had broken
open.
The broken down wooden Dry Dock is home to a variety of marine life
and is one of the most successful reef projects in the area.
Photo: This 615 foot old
Navy Dry Dock was sunk as an artificial reef on September 13,
1989. Photo courtesy Scubanauts Reef Research Team.
Basic shipwreck
information and images for this section of this site was
taken with permission from the book Florida Shipwrecks by Daniel
Berg. You are invited to submit your shipwreck related
articles, images and information. As long as the text, photographs,
sketches etc are of professional quality we will showcase them. Full
credit will be provide and a same page link to your web site can be
arranged.
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The Divers Guide to Shipwrecks around the State of
Florida and the Florida Keys,
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By Dan and Denise Berg, 180 pages. Shipwrecks are an
important complement to the natural coral reefs as a sport diving attraction
in Florida.  From the barley discernable ballast piles of the 1733 fleet to
the almost perfectly intact modern ships sunk specifically as artificial
reefs throughout the state, shipwrecks inspire an aura of mystery and
fascination. Florida Shipwrecks is the most comprehensive, accurate,
illustrated collection of information, photographs, sketches and stories
ever written about the shipwrecks around the state of Florida. This
downloadable ebook
contains a wealth of enlightening information that gives the readers a
nostalgic glimpse into the history and present condition of over 235
shipwrecks. Florida Shipwrecks includes over 240 illustrations comprised of
151 color photos, 83 black and white historical images, 8 dynamic u/w
sketches. Divers , snorkelers, marine historians, armchair sailors or anyone
with a general interest in history diving or the sea will surely find this
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