Five Liberty ships, the workhorse of America’s World War II mecharnt fleet, sunk in the Mississippi Sound 40 years ago, have brought more sea life to this region,studies show

Lee County Commissioners have voted to move forward with a plan to turn the 165-foot USS Mohawk into an underwater reef.

On June 19 the M/V Buccaneer was sent to the bottom of Lake Michigan.

Two retired ocean-going vessels were sunk Saturday over Delaware’s artificial reefs as state continues to expand aquatic habitat while furthering its recreational angling and diving opportunities.

The airplane of former Bulgarian Communist ruler Todor Zhivkov has been submerged in the Black Sea waters near the city of Varna to attract scuba divers and tourists to the sunny coasts of northeastern Bulgaria.

The Radford, at a length of 563 feet, will be the longest vessel ever reefed in the Atlantic, with the sinking to take place at the Del-Jersey-Land reef. The sinking is expected to occur in late spring or summer of 2010.

A group of protesters has threatened legal action in a last ditch effort to stop the scuttling of former HMAS Adelaide due to happen next week.

The vessel will be reefed at the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Site (developed jointly by Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey), off the Delaware Coast approximately 26 miles southeast of the Indian River Inlet at a depth of 120-130 feet.

Councillors back scheme to convert HMS Ark Royal into artificial diving reef off Torbay coast

After several years during which turning old warships into artificial reefs was fashionable, four decommissioned aircraft carriers will instead be dismantled, and recycled, at shipyards.