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The Texas
Clipper has been Reefed!!!!!
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http://www.thetexasclipper.com
We are offer diving adventures to the Texas Clipper.
The Texas Clipper is a
multilevel dive, meaning experienced, open-water certified
divers can explore the sun deck, navigation deck and the
promenade at 65 to 70 feet. Penetration divers, experienced
with overhead environments, can tackle interior spaces.
Meanwhile, because much of the wreck is more than 70 feet
above the bottom
The Texas Clipper can be
compared to a large museum, requiring scuba divers to make
several trips to fully appreciate it because of the size.
"The ship is so large you can dive a hundred times and still
not see everything," Captain O’Leary says.
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Guided Dives |
$60.00 |
First Diver in Group |
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$30.00 |
Each additional Diver in Group |
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TONS OF STEEL! |
$200.00 |
3 Tank All Day Trip. Includes Breakfast, Lunch,
Soft drinks |
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2 dives on the Texas Clipper and one rig dive |
$200.00 |
Includes breakfast, lunch and soft drinks |
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2 dives on the Texas Clipper |
$175.00 |
Friday through Sunday |
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2 dives on the Texas Clipper |
$155.00 |
Monday through Thursday |
- American Diving offers two tank
trips for recreational divers as well as heavy tech
trips with room for doubles and scooters on board.
- Rebreather support is available
at American Diving.
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The U.S.T.S. Texas Clipper is a 473
ft. decommissioned Texas Maritime Academy ship that served students
and sea cadets at Texas A&M University at Galveston from 1965 to
1996. She has spent many days at sea and students have spent
countless hours on her decks and in her cabins.
The Texas Clipper was originally
commissioned as the U.S.S. Queens in 1944, a troop transport ship
that served her country well in World War II. She ferried fresh
troops into battle and shuttled the wounded from Iwo Jima. She was
also part of the American occupation at Sasebo, Japan. She was
decommissioned in 1946. From 1946 to 1958, she was commissioned the
S.S. Excambion and served as one of the post-war aces from American
Export Lines. As a cruise liner, she sailed to ports throughout the
Mediterranean Sea.
On March 31, the Texas Clipper will
find her final place seventeen miles east of the South Padre Island
jetties in 134 feet of water with the wheel house and cabins in 50
to 70 feet of water. This will become the largest fish attracting
device in Texas.
Barnacles, corals, sponges, clams,
bryozoans, and hydroids will soon take their station on her
surfaces and fish and mobile invertebrates such as rock crab will
come to feast on the bounty she attracts.
Old images as of Feburary 19,
2007 (Check out
http://www.thetexasclipper.com for latest photos)
Be Part of the Legend and
Dive The Texas Clipper
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