This Navy minesweeper was intentionally sunk as an artificial reef along with a similar Navy minesweeper called the Barrera. The Anaya has broken into two pieces, both resting on the sea floor at a depth of 75 feet. Now that the ship has been

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This Navy minesweeper was intentionally sunk as an artificial reef along with a similar Navy minesweeper called the Barrera. The Anaya has broken into two pieces, both resting on the sea floor at a depth of 75 feet. Now that the ship has been underwater for a few years, the decks have accumulated a thick crust of hard and soft corals, and schools of snapper crowd around its superstructure. In the winter, large schools of spotted eagle rays—sometimes as many as two dozen—hover over and around the ship, flapping their wings into the strong, steady current.

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