THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, August 19, 1996 TAG: 9608190042
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: 15 lines
An M551 Sheridan tank is pushed off a barge Sunday into the ocean
off the border with North Carolina. The Army vehicle was among eight
tanks, three armored personnel carriers and one missile launcher
dumped into the Atlantic to support the Tower Reef, an artificial
structure that provides a habitat for fish. The Army carried out the
project with the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, which manages
the reef. by CNB