Decommissioned destroyer USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968) is set to become an artificial reef to benefit marine life, fishing and recreational diving.

Malta has added a patrol boat to its wreck dive sites.

I could hear a low rumble as detonated explosives echoed down long empty corridors and through multiple decks of steel. Three hundred and sixty-six feet of ship began to groan and creek while water rushed in to claim its above water existence. Watching from a safe distance, former crewmembers and excited divers marveled at enormous geysers of escaping air mixed with water while the HMCS Saskatchewan began its final objective —to become Nanaimo’s next artificial reef of steel. As with previous retired Canadian military ships, the Saskatchewan gracefully accepted its place in Canadian history as the fifth Destroyer Escort to be transformed from a once powerful tool of war into British Columbia’s newest dive site.

Divers are already plumbing the depths of the Vandenberg. This underwater footage was taken approximately 3 hrs after she arrived on the ocean floor.

Doc Wong going thru an area in the Spiegel Grove with lots of light and exits. Makes for an easy uncomplicated limited tour of the insides of the wreck.

The final fate of the USS Hoyt S. Vandenberg was determined this week when the 524-foot former navy vessel was bought by The First State Bank of the Florida Keys for $1.35 million at a federal auction in Virginia.

At 135 feet, the sunken aircraft carrier's flight deck was already five feet outside the recreational diving limit, but instructors said it was still relatively safe for tempted divers to make the touch.

A bid to sink an old warship off the Dorset coast to create an artificial reef has been approved by local Councillors.

Proponents say they replenish the ecosystem. Some scientists aren't so sure.