The sinking of the 'Lady Philomena' and the tug 'Everglades' is planned for June 23, 2018 weather permitting
The sinking of the 'Lady Philomena' and the tug 'Everglades' is planned for June 23, 2018 weather permitting. The Volusia County Council and the Coastal Division have the ships staged for deployment as artificial reefs in New Smyrna Beach at the Swoop boat ramp. The ship and tug will be deployed one right after the other in close proximity to one another at Volusia County Reef Site 12. They will be towed offshore in advance in the evening of June 22 or overnight and moored at the deployment site. The eployment location will be verified on-site on June 23 at 8 a.m. where flooding of the cargo ship will commence. The sinking will take place between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Then the flooding of the tug will start and it was targeted to sink between 11 a.m. and noon. A Volusia County Beach Safety vessel and officers will maintain a restricted perimeter around deployment operations at all times.
