It was almost the slow decay of time. I don't think recall any charges just new holes and open seacock valves. It drug off its spot before it was all over.
40 yrs ago i spoke with a friend's dad who said he was the sound man who made the 1st recording of a ship breaking up as it sank. something about spools and wire though i can't verify it.
This is a shame, there are newer less classy hulks that could have been sunk, sinking boats has to be biggest waist of history and materials, the artificial reef nonsense is just publicity stunt, it dose literally nothing for the environment other than pollute it with tons of ship!
why the ship was not taken apart and sold for better usage rather polluting the sea and the environment. I think US government and coast guard makes their own law for the sea
as stated by a previous comment on this video: “this benefits the locals more than it would being scrapped. More jobs are created as well as increased tourism. Iron ore has gone down in price (as more and more pockets are being found) and the iron in this is actually VERY lightly contaminated with nuclear radiation (not enough to hurt anyone) as a result of nuclear testing throughout the cold war, and the price of the iron would be significantly less due to that, anyways. Besides, per ship scrapped, there is at least one death rooted to the scrapping. It's a life for a quick buck.”
And unlike so many ships, Texas Clipper continues in her new life, not as a million razor blades but now even more intimately close to the ocean as a new habitat and recreational diving location. Kudos to whoever arranged and paid for this.
