In 2025, Florida sank a 227-foot derelict freighter nine miles off Martin County, turning an abandoned ship into the Boo McCulley artificial reef

An abandoned ship, a new reef: How Florida turned a derelict vessel into a marine habitat. (AI-generated/ChatGPT)

An abandoned freighter sat in the Miami River for a decade. Then, on November 18, 2025, it was deliberately sunk. The 227-foot ship, named the Borocho, is now on the seafloor about nine miles off Martin County, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) news release. Today it’s known as the Boo … Read more