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Caption/Information: The Texas Clipper makes its final journey Friday, November 16, 2007 to its underwater resting place tomorrow in the Gulf of Mexico,17 miles off South Padre Island, where it will begin a new life as an artificial reef for marine wildlife. Launched during WWII as the USS Queens, the 473-foot vessel saw duty as a troop transport and attack ship. After the war it was converted to a luxury passenger liner and most recently (1965-1996)served as a maritime training vessel for Texas A&M University. The Texas Clipper makes its final journey Friday, November 16, 2007 to its underwater resting place tomorrow in the Gulf of Mexico,17 miles off South Padre Island, where it will begin a new life as an artificial reef for marine wildlife. Launched during WWII as the USS Queens, the 473-foot vessel saw duty as a troop transport and attack ship. After the war it was converted to a luxury passenger liner and most recently (1965-1996)served as a maritime training vessel for Texas A&M University.

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Object Name (Title)	TEXAS CLIPPER-SINKING
Category	A
Keywords	Assets, CLIPPER, Photos to TPW Archive, REEF, SHIP, SINKING, SINKING.TOWING, Texas Clipper Sinking, Texas Clipper_G4F1606.JPG, Towing and Sinking-Nottingham, TPWD IMAGE BANK
By-Line (Author)	EARL NOTTINGHAM
By-Line Title (Author Position)	CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER
City	SOUTH PADRE ISLAND
Province/State	TX
Country/Primary Location Name	USA
Source	TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPT.
Copyright Notice	TPWD
Caption/Abstract	The Texas Clipper makes its final journey Friday, November 16, 2007 to its underwater resting place tomorrow in the Gulf of Mexico,17 miles off South Padre Island, where it will begin a new life as an artificial reef for marine wildlife. Launched during WWII as the USS Queens, the 473-foot vessel saw duty as a troop transport and attack ship. After the war it was converted to a luxury passenger liner and most recently (1965-1996)served as a maritime training vessel for Texas A&M University. The Texas Clipper makes its final journey Friday, November 16, 2007 to its underwater resting place tomorrow in the Gulf of Mexico,17 miles off South Padre Island, where it will begin a new life as an artificial reef for marine wildlife. Launched during WWII as the USS Queens, the 473-foot vessel saw duty as a troop transport and attack ship. After the war it was converted to a luxury passenger liner and most recently (1965-1996)served as a maritime training vessel for Texas A&M University.
Caption Writer/Editor	EN