Publisher's Description
In the summer of 2010 American Marine Group (AMG) assumed responsibility
of sinking the Atlantic Ocean’s largest artificial reef to date. 135
feet deep, and 28.5 nautical miles southeast of Cape May.
563-feet in length, the USS Arthur W.Radford has nobly served her country
for over 26 years as a US. Navy Spruance destroyer. Her impressive military
background includes 10 deployments ranging from Venezuela, Panama,
Argentina, Brazil, Senegal, Oman, Bahrain, the Azores, Nova Scotia, Italy
and Turkey. Campaigns from Persian Gulf War, peace keeping operations
off Lebanese coast, and finally retiring from her latest tour to battle
in Operation Enduring Freedom makes her as decorated a hero as any
Naval Admiral.
This ship, once home to over 340 sailors at a single time, was given
it’s last mission; to retire and become an underwater eco system to
house algae, fish, anglers, and other under water life alike. Creating
an underwater community not only for fish, but for divers as well.
Developing water worlds of this magnitude is no small feat. This sort of
thing requires a military de-classification, engineers to plan, public
officials to fund, a marine group to; salvage, recycle, disassemble, and
sink this behemoth, lastly, an industrial fine-art photographer to
ensure that the process is documented.
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