USTS Texas Clipper
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USS
Queens was built by Bethlehem Steel Corporation as an
assault transport for US Navy and was launched in
September 1944. She was assigned to the Pacific and served
in the Far East until June 1946. She was sold to American
Export Lines in November 1948 and renamed Excambion and
returned to MARAK in 1959. Six years later she was loaned
out to Texas Maritime Academy as USTS Texas Clipper. After
decades of service she was transferred to Texas Parks
& Wildlife in 2006 and rigged down. The year after she
was towed out and scuttled as an artificial reef outside
South Padre Island 17.November 2007. She rest today on her
port side on a depth of 20 to 42 meter approx 17 nautical
miles off South Padre Island.
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11' 24.695"N 96 51' 40.238"W  Picture: Texas Clipper Courtesy of Navsource & David Nixon  Last updated: August 2015 |
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