Tec #Wreck Diving: Hydro Atlantic (Boca Raton, Florida)

HISTORY Launched: 1905, at Yard 51 of the Sparrows Point, Maryland, facility of the Maryland Steel Company, official number 260377, as a US. Army Corps of Engineers’ hopper dredge to a maximum of 45 ft. 1922: it dredged 1,366 loads for the Philadelphia District, which removed a total of 2,378,593 cubic yards of material. 1950: Sold to Construction Aggregates Corporation 1961: Re-Built. The rebuild deepened her draft, increasing her hopper capacity from 3,076 cubic yards to approximately 5,000 cubic yards, and most likely rebuilt her superstructure, which was originally constructed of wood. The hopper dredge worked on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel project, dredging sand to help construct the man‐made islands for the tunnel. 1962: An engine caught fire and moved to New York for repairs. 1968: Sold to Hydromar Corporation of Delaware. Later, condemned to a salvage yard for scrapping.