USTS Texas Clipper
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USS
Queens was built by Bethlehem Steel Corporation as an
assault transport for the US Navy. She was launched in
September 1944 and assigned to the Pacific where she
served until June 1946. She was sold to American Export
Lines in November 1948 and renamed Excambion, and six
years later she was chartered by 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, about seventeen nautical miles off
South Padre Island.
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| 26 11' 24.695"N 96 51' 40.238"W ( Source: Aquanauts Dive )  Picture: Texas Clipper Courtesy of Navsource & David Nixon Last updated: December 2020 |
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