Thursday, December 7,1979
Sunken Ship For Coastal Reef
A World War II liberty
Ship will be sunk off North
' Carolina’s coast November
29 as part of the state’s
artificial reef program.
Secretary of Natural
Resources and Community
Development Howard N..
Lee said the “Dionysus”
would be detonated at 2
P.M. approximately five
miles south of Oregon Inlet
and two and one half miles
offshore.
Sinking of the 441-foot long
ship will follow ceremonies
beginning at 10:30 A.M. at
the Oregon Inlet Sports
Fishing Center near
Manteo. At that ceremony,
federal, state, and local
officials and fishermen will
help dedicate a saltwater
fishing display that will
feature the propeller from
the “dionysus”. The solid
bronze propeller is 16 feet in
diameter and weights 25,000
pounds.
The “Dionysus” will be
, the fourth Liberty Ship sunk
off North Carolina’s coast
since 1974 as part of the
state’s artificial sees
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program. At Oregon Inlet,
the “Dionysus” will join the
“Zane Grey’’, on the
bottom. Eventually the
Oregon Inlet reef will cover
30 acres. The majority of die
reef will be tires.
The Liberty Ship was
made available to the state
at no cost by the U.S.
Maritime Administration.
Horne Brothers, Inc., of
Newport News, Va., is
stripping the vessel to die
second deck level in
preparation for the sinking.
It will arrive offshore early
on the morning of November
29. Explosives will be
positioned by U.S. Marine
Corps experts from Cherry
Point and Camp LeJeune
bases.
Dare County will jointly
participate with the State
Marine Fisheries Division in
construction of the artificial
reef. The county has agreed
to operate the area for
putting tires together.
The ceremony is being co
sponsored by Dare County.
Officials scheduled to attend
include Tommy Gray,
chairman of the Dare
County commissioners.
Rep. Walter B. Jones ant
State Senator Melvin
Daniels, Jr.
On November 29, the U.S.
Coast Guard will establish a
set back safety zone for
boats. Boaters planning to be
in the area south of Oregon
Inlet that day are asked to
cooperate and to avoid the
detonation area.
In case of inclement
weather, a ceremony will be
held at the N.C. Marine
Science Center next to the
Manteo Airport. If weather
prohibits actual sinking, it
will occur on the next fair
weather day.
“We hope this ceremony
and sinking will dramatize
the importance of the ar
tificial reefs and North
Carolina saltwater
fishermen to the state’s
economy,” said Lee. “We
estimate there are over one
half million saltwater fisher
men in North Carolina and
that they contribute about
SIOO-million to the economy
each year.”
North Carolina has 10
artificial reefs along its
coast. The main component
of the reefs is tires. Kelly
Springfield Tire of Fayet
teville has donated over
400,000 tires to the state for
the reefs. Some of North
Carolina’s artificial reef are
among the largest on the
eastern coast. The reefs are
popular spots for saltwater
fishermen.
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TO ATTRACT FISH—Hie 441-foot hull of the Dionysus heads for the bottom of the Atlantic
Ocean shortly after U.S. Marines detonated explosives about the vessel November 30. The
ship beep™* part of a state artifical reef for saltwater fishermen south of Oregon Inlet. The
ship disappeared below the surface in two minutes. North Carolina has 10 artificial reefs.
First Flight To Be Celebrated
KITTY HAWK The 75th
anniversary of the Wright
brothers’ historic 1903 flight
will be commemorated at
special ceremonies
scheduled for the exact site
of the “birth of aviation”
near here December 17.
The Wright Brothers
Ceremony will begin at the
National Park Service’s
Wright Memorial Visitor
Center in Kill Devil Hills at
9:30 A.M., according to
Milford J. Baum, president
of the First Flight Society
which sponsors an annual
commemorative program.
Atty. Gen. Griffin Bell will
represent President Carter
in delivering the featured
message at the morning
ceremonial. Secretary of
Transportation Brock
Adams and National Park
Service William J. Whalen
also will speak to an an
ticipated audience of at
least 10,000.
A highlight of the
December 17 activities to
mark the diamond an
niversary will be the
recreation of the first flight,
an event to which opened a
new era in American
progress.
At 10:35 A.M., the same
time Orville and Wilbur
steered a new course for
world transportation, Ken
Kellett will repeat the
Wright brothers’ test of
their theory of flight in a
heavier-than-air, motor
driven aircraft. The 25-year
old Boulder, Colo., student
of aerobatics has almost
singlehandedly constructed
a reproduction of the Wright
Flyer under the auspices of
a non-profit organization
called “Quest for Flight”.
Concluding the morning
event will be an operational
military flyover at the
monument erected in 1928 to
honor the Wrights.
Simultaneously, memorial
wreaths will be placed by
descendants of witnesses to
the first flight and relatives
of the Wright brothers
around the boulder which
marks the point of take-off
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a rededication of the boulder
will be made by John
Allison, director of the
National Aeronatuics
Association which was
responsible for placement of
the marker in 1929.
Following the morning
commemorative exercises,
the First Flight Scociety will
conduct its annual luncheon
meeting at the Seafare
Restaurant in Nags Head,
beginning at noon.
A noted authority on the
history of aviation and the
Wrights, Charles H. Gibs-
Smith will deliver the
keynote message to the
group. Gibbs-Smith is
Keeper Emeritus of the
United Kingdom’s Victoria
and Albert Museum and is
the First Lindbergh
Professor of Aerospace
History at the Smithsonian
Institution’s National Air
and Space Museum.
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