No reef for USS Bonhomme Richard

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There will be no artificial reef for this ship, read about the latest reef November 2020 below:



Navy Will Dismantle USS Bonhomme Richard : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/30/940302619
16 hours ago · The USS Bonhomme Richard also aided in humanitarian efforts in Indonesia and Japan. The timeline for dismantling the ship is still being sorted out by …

Navy to de-commission and scrap warship USS Bonhomme ...
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/politics/navy-uss-bonhomme-scrap/index.html
1 day ago · The US Navy has decided to de-commission and scrap the USS Bonhomme Richard after a damage assessment found that restoring the ship would cost billions of dollars.

https://matadornetwork.com/read/best-artificial-reefs-around-world/

Earlier this year, Jordan sank 19 military vehicles in the Red Sea off the coast of Aqaba, the nation’s lone port city. The retired conveyances range from troop carriers to tanks, even a helicopter, which have been arranged in a tactical formation between 65 and 95 feet down

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2020

New Artificial Reef Project Off The Coast of Palm Beach County

https://www.waterfront-properties.com/blog/new-artificial-reef-project-off-the-coast-of-palm-beach-county.html

Nov 18, 2020 · This past Monday, November 16 th, 2020 55 artificial reefs were deployed off the coast as part of the new project called 1,000 Mermaids that works with the Ocean Rescue Alliance. The new project is an artificial reef project that creates reef module to make more habitat on the bottom of the ocean for the bottom of the ocean for marine life.

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https://vietnamnews.vn/environment/182713/trao-reef-marine-ecosystem-protected-area-is-operational.html



https://www.worldwars.com/airplane-graveyard-of-world-war-ii-in-pacific-ocean/

They call it the “Airplane Graveyard” – they aren’t war graves or planes that crashed. They were planes that were taken out over the reef and pushed off intact after the war ended”, said Brandi Mueller, “They should have flown more, lived longer, but they were sunk in perfect condition.”

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — An artificial reef of the coast of St. Augustine is booming with marine life thanks to over 40 A-6 Intruder aircraft that were once marked for destruction. 

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/swim-with-the-moray-eels-through-this-underwater-airplane-graveyard/77-06a7853f-d483-4d2b-afaf-2dca15d44656

These massive metal structures were sunk 25 years ago to create an artificial reef. It's now a destination for fishermen and scuba divers to see an array of sea creatures and even hunt invasive species.