Freighter sunk off Texas coast for artificial reef

By Washington Examiner
Published September 18, 2014 1:37am ET
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Freighter sunk off Texas coast for artificial reef
Onlookers wait from a nearby ship as the Kinta S cargo is positioned, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 on the water to be sunk into the Gulf of Mexico to create an artificial reef off the Coast of Port Aransas, Texas. (AP Photo/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Michael Zamora) | Michael Zamora

PORT ARANSAS, Texas (AP) — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has scuttled a derelict freighter in the Gulf of Mexico for use as an artificial reef and a new home for marine life.

A Parks and Wildlife statement says the 155-foot Kinta S was sunk Wednesday in 75 feet of water eight miles off the Mustang Island shore near Corpus Christi.

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