Texas Clipper Artificial Reef
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- [cc] Texas Parks and Wildlife sank a 7000-ton ship 17 nautical miles off the coast of South Padre Island to create an artificial reef on the barren sandy bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. It has become a haven for marine life, anglers and divers. For more information on the artificial reef program, visit www.tpwd.state.tx.us/landwater...
I was thinking of my youth when I typed "Texas Clippper" in to the Google search engine. To my amazement I saw this video with a picture of my fellow classmates. That was the Shellback Cruise during the summer of 1987. I for one, feel a great sense of satisfaction to see, in the sinking of T/S Texas Clipper, a sort of indication as to fleeting nature of our own existence. And if anyone remembers the mosh pit in Charlotte Amelie gimme a shout. Billy Idol! Remember?
I can see my friends and I walking those decks twenty plus years ago. Crazy to see her sunk.
Great channel! I love observing nature, discover and meditate...
My dad served on this ship when she was the USS Queens during WWII.
GuzzMon dad? she?
Taylor Walker the boat is a she
Taylor Walker , like Logan said, she are referred to in the feminine. Unless you're from Russia. Then ships are referred to in the masculine.
Nice to know it's still serving a good purpose. The class at 1:45 is the freshmen class in the summer of 1987. (I only know because I'm in it.)
Great job Abe!
I just dove this wreck and LOVED IT!! The wreck and schools of fish are amazing!
There are artifical coral reefs are all over the world! Some are wreck reefs like these but others are purposely designed to shelter and grow coral on it. Follow @SunkenCoral for one of the projects in Thailand!
A pretty ship, especially in her ocean liner guise. A pity she had to be scuttled and couldn't be preserved as there are few pre-war ships left and no 'cargo liners' but I guess it's better than being beached and cut up at the Alang shipyards.
Los rieleros
There are also other types of artifical reefs, like made of concrete blocks, to help the coral reef grow on it. Basically it serves as a base for coral to grow on. But yes, people (us) definitely need to stop the pollution we're dumping into the ocean.
Cat Person no one cares
It's amazing
To you guys is unbelievable good.but for me is unbelievable to see that I used to live in (1995)Texas clipper
This wreck is laying on the bottom just like the Yukon in San Diego
did the upright it or no?
Very cool
Rahul...I've seen some stupid comments on You Tube, but yours takes first prize.
Don't get too OCD over the wreck being on its side. Hurricanes create immense currents that will pick up wrecks, just like this one, and move them or turn them over. It would hardly be worth the cost to upright it if another good 'cane goes over it - chances are it would end up not being 'perfectly situated' afterward.
Scuba diving here is on my bucket list can anyone tell me how reef progression is
this would affect the waves right?
I used to live in ship ( Texas clipper training) it's so sad to see that..
3:40 That’s what happened to the Yukon in San Diego
In 1995 Texas clipper at Galveston, Texas
Has it been uprighted yet? It's a big income producer?
Want to trust, "yup, we can do it but it'll really cost ya" outfits? You've got way more manpower, spirit, and 'model-testing' time already available. Would divers enjoy a few organized events? Event one: Cable setting. Event two: Trash bag clippers. Three: Air bag fillers (air bottles/hoses) ...
What's the weight underwater? About half of that lift needed on one side? A few more cables to overhead boats for final control?
It's sad to see texas clipper underneath sea instead of preserve outside the water
RIP TEXAS CLIPPER
Anyone else sail on the old Clipper? I was on the Mediterranean cruise in 1969.
I was on the 1988 cruise.
Is it just me, or does the narrator sound a little like Nick Valentine from Fallout 4?
When in doubt, blow it up....
5:52 speed hacking bird! INSTA-BAN
I’d just drop another ship on top of old one.
@jm5390 Lucky -_-
TAMUG called, they want the clipper back
there's nothing wrong with it laying on its port side....who cares...the fish don't care
save cash sink another!
awesome, I'm headed out to go barf on this boat.
I can't believe they were this stupid, to think it was going to flood evenly and sink upright. Anybody who has half filled anything with water and tried to float it knows it will list to one side and stay that way.
If they wanted her to sink upright they should have flooded her from one end to the other so she retained lateral stability. This is why the Titanic stayed upright.
Dog: A maritime cadet student could have told them their assumption was flawed. A consulting engineer would have disabused them of this silly assumption.
Titanic is upright because of the depth she is at, hydrodynamic force will right any ship in deep enough water. In this case no chance of this happening. Watch Rob balards hunt for the bismark.
You guys were guessing at the sinking resaults. Hire professionals.
Thats great to sink these, but studies have proven this displaces fish off of the reefs and on to these artificial ones. This also creates a known "fishing ground" where fisherman know fish to be. It makes it just like shooting fish in barrel.
Want to make this a great place? Ban fishing on the wreck and closely monitor diving and charge an access fee. Turn it into a wildlife sanctuary.
There are no reefs in this area this is the Gulf of Mexico off of Texas it's all sand you idiot!
Only the government can throw trash an get away with it.
why not use REAL reefs instead of ARTIFICAL reefs? artificial is never the answer to a problem. for thousands of years real reefs made real life in the ocean. but with all the pollution the reefs died and dead zones happened. instead of fixing the problem and stopping the pollution, they use artificial reefs. it will bring the money in for the fish business but what about the people who eat the fish? just because there is marine life does not mean the water is not polluted.
I know this is late but coral such as the ones in Australia can only survive in a narrow temperature range. Should the temp go out of the range the coral will bleach. Besides most of the Gulf of Mexico is sandy coral need solid surface to grow on such as rock or a wreck. So that’s why they are using artificial reefs.
Plus the ship is stripped for any potential pollutants. Plus these ships help boost the local economy.
These are real reefs you idiot they're just built on an artificial substrate! Reefs need solid bedding to fix to IE Rock and much of the Gulf of Mexico has no rock It's just sand and mud so you have to sink something down there that's hard so it's either going to be concrete or metal.