USS Mohawk arrives today
May 16, 2012 6:03 AM EDT
FORT MYERS BEACH, FL -
In just a few hours the USS Mohawk will arrive in Fort Myers Beach after a two day journey from Key West.
The ship is going to be transformed into a veterans memorial reef.
The ship will be sunk sometime in July about 20 miles off the coast of Fort Myers Beach in about 90-feet of water.
The Miami Dade Historical Maritime Museum donated the ship to Lee County.
A grant will cover the $1-million needed to prepare and sink the vessel.
previously:
WWII ship to be artificial reef off FMB
Feb 14, 2012 2:30 PM EST
LEE COUNTY, FL -
A World War II ship will soon be 100 feet below the Gulf near Fort Myers Beach.
On Tuesday, Lee County Commissioners voted to move forward with a plan to turn the 165-foot USS Mohawk into an underwater reef.
Lee County scuba shops hope the sunken ship will increase scuba tourism in Southwest Florida.
The Mohawk will be studied top to bottom to make sure she's environmentally safe.
She could be the newest reef as early as next summer.
NBC News
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