Lee County has the distinction of being the home of the first Veterans Memorial Reef dedicated to all U.S. veterans using a military ship. On July 2, 2012, the USS Mohawk was towed from Fort Myers ...
The SS United States, once the world's fastest ocean liner, is being turned into an artificial reef off the Florida Panhandle. Florida has one of the most active artificial reef programs in the nation ...
The USS Mohawk was scuttled off the coast of Sanibel Island in 2012 to create the first Veterans Memorial Reef. This 165-foot World War II vessel was environmentally cleaned before being sunk in 90 ...