M60 tanks undergo a thorough cleaning before use as reefs
The Artificial Reef Program used four types of obsolete Army armored vehicles as artificial reef materials off the New Jersey coast. These were cleaned at local military bases, loaded onto barges for transport, and pushed off at their final destination. Once the Army had disposed of its excess inventory, the program ceased, around 1999. The Artificial Reef Program has sunk almost 400 tanks altogether, far too many to list them here in this website.
FE330SS/89 -- OPR-C147-HE-89; CONTACT #29 FROM SURVEY H-10284/88; SIDE-SCAN SONAR AND DIVER INVESTIGATION FOUND THE REMAINS OF AN OLD WOODEN WRECK; WRECKAGE CONSISTED OF FRAMING AND RIBS BUT NO PLANKING; DIVER LEADLINE LEAST DEPTH OF 41 FT TAKEN ON A MOORING CLEAT WHICH WAS ON TOP OF A VERTICAL PORTION OF THE WRECK, PROBABLY A GUNNEL; WRECKAGE WAS QUITE OLD AND BADLY WEATHERED. (ENTERED MSD 6/91)
