USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD sinking date announced

[O.C.Diver]

It was announced today that the scheduled sinking date for the Radford will be 07/12 or 13 in case of bad weather. While general dates have been announced before, a specific date less than 3 weeks away leads me to believe that it's finally going to happen.

After the sinking there will be a few days of surveying etc. So it's likely that it may be a week before it's open to the general public. There may need to be some post sinking work done on the site by the company doing the cleaning and sinking. So please be patient and wait for them to finish their work before diving the site.

I will be helping with the surveying and sinking, and will post information regarding additional work and completion (open to the general public) asap.

There are a few dates on my site for trips to the Radford. Also if there is interest in group trips, I have a number of open dates available.

For information on the Radford, this is a pretty good site:

USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968)

Ted

 

[jrmiah]

Thanks Capt Ted Green for the info, if you are interested in doing recreational non-decompression dives on the Radford we will be running charters there as well for any non Technical Divers.

 

[NJDiverMark]

How deep will the wreck be and where will it be located?

 

[O.C.Diver]

How deep will the wreck be and where will it be located?

Top 70', Bottom 130'. Location is approximately 28 +/- miles East of Lews DE, 33 miles NE of Ocean City MD, 35 miles SE of Cape May NJ.

Ted

 

[jhupka]

top 70', bottom 130'. Location is approximately 28 +/- miles east of lews de, 33 miles ne of ocean city md, 35 miles se of cape may nj.

Ted

so in other words centrally located in the middle of nowhere

 

[davetowz]

Having served on a similar hull, I cannot wait to dive on her. Thanks, I hope there is good video and pics on the 13th or 14th

 

[Michael Eversmier]

Hi everyone, I've been asked to post this update on the USS Arthur W. Radford sinking for Erik Zlokovitz, Maryland's artificial reef coordinator for the MDDNR. Erik says that divers can contact him if they have any specific questions or need more info.

“I am Erik Zlokovitz, the artificial reef coordinator for MDDNR. I would like to remind everyone that the Radford sinking date mentioned is dependent on regulatory approval and weather conditions. I would like to request that no hard dates for the Radford sinking be posted until official authorization from EPA and USCG is confirmed. The public affairs office from DNREC will put out an official press release when the operation is approved. If you have any questions, please contact me at: ezlokovitz@dnr.state.md.us”

 

[Michael Eversmier]

Hi everyone, I've been asked to post this update on the USS Arthur W. Radford sinking for Erik Zlokovitz, Maryland's artificial reef coordinator for the MDDNR. Erik says that divers can contact him if they have any specific questions or need more info.

“I am Erik Zlokovitz, the artificial reef coordinator for MDDNR. I would like to remind everyone that the Radford sinking date mentioned is dependent on regulatory approval and weather conditions. I would like to request that no hard dates for the Radford sinking be posted until official authorization from EPA and USCG is confirmed. The public affairs office from DNREC will put out an official press release when the operation is approved. If you have any questions, please contact me at: ezlokovitz@dnr.state.md.us”

 

[jar546]

Long boat ride from anywhere to reach it. Will there be mooring balls?

 

[a22shady]

Definetly looks a like a nice "wrecK" to dive. I wish they would have left more of the structure on to keep it looking like a complete full vessel but I guess do to it being to high would maybe risk damaging other boats/