Latest Addition to Pensacola's Artificial Reef Collection
Ocean Wind was built in 1952 and served as a ship docking assist tug, most recently in Pensacola, until it was retired in September 2013. It is 87 feet long by 25 feet wide with a draft of 10 feet. The height from the keel to the top of the mast is 37 feet.
The boat will be flooded and sunk in 90 to 95 feet of water in the Escambia Southeast Artificial Reef Site, roughly west of the San Pablo that is sometimes called the Russian Freighter.
Ocean Wind will be just the latest in a long list [see links below] of artificial reefs in the Gulf off Pensacola. Already, the county has a list 198 entries long