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Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Pensacola GPS Coordinates In 1993, the 180-foot long oil field supply boat was sunk by Escambia County as an artificial reef. The ship sits upright on the bottom in 102 feet of water approximately 12 miles south of Pensacola pass. The ship’s tower rises to 60 feet. This…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Pensacola GPS Coordinates The Navy Dive Tender YDT-14, a 132’steel ship, was scuttled on April 1, 2000, approximately 18 miles SE of Pensacola Pass, Escambia County, Florida. The ship now lies mostly intact in 90 feet of water. Divers will enjoy a nice vertical relief of about 28…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Pensacola GPS Coordinates The Joseph L. Meek, a 480 foot long Liberty ship, was built for the Maritime Commission by the Oregon War Industries Ship Building Company in 1942. She was of the many “Ugly Duckling” ships rapidly constructed in civilian shipyards during World War II. Liberty Ships…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Pensacola GPS Coordinates The Joseph E. Brown was built by the Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation in Savannah, Georgia in 1943. As with other Liberty Ships, the Joseph E. Brown was built by civilians and used for transporting cargo and troops to the Allies during World War II. The ship…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Pensacola GPS Coordinates In 1979, petroleum companies began a “Rigs to Reef” program in which retired natural gas and oil structures (platforms) were placed in designated offshore sites to create artificial reefs. The open structure of these old rigs have proved to be very effective in attracting fish.…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Pensacola GPS Coordinates The Catherine was a three-masted ship built in Canada in 1869. She was nearly 200 feet long and over 30 feet in beam. The ship was originally named Eliza and made commercial journeys out of New Brunswick. She was sold to a Norwegian firm in…

Fast Facts: Features: Need Gear? Download all Pensacola GPS Coordinates This wreck is an unidentified 250 foot wooden hulled schooner from the 19th Century. The remains of the ship lie in 90-95 feet of water about 15 miles ESE from Pensacola Pass. The wreck’s name comes from the many large brass pins that stick out…