Beaufort

In 2014, South Carolina sent 36 retired armored carriers to reefs off Beaufort and Hilton Head; they joined sites built with surplus military gear

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A 2014 project repurposed 36 obsolete armored vehicles as artificial reef material off South Carolina. The vehicles joined a partnership’s hundreds of previous deployments, which had created more than 1.12 million cubic feet of reef habitat since 1997. Officials also cited tourism and recreation benefits. (AI-generated/ChatGPT)

On September 4, 2014, 36 ex-military armored carriers were sunk into the ocean floor off South Carolina. These were sunk into the Atlantic Ocean off Beaufort for the purpose of creating more artificial reefs, providing hard surfaces for marine life to attach to. The operation was carried out in cooperation with the South Carolina Army … Read more