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Chc36 OP t1_jb09spe wrote

Don't know why it changed city to acuity, but the *City of Aqaba

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Landlubber77 t1_jb0gqer wrote

We throw enough shit in the ocean and one day every museum will be an underwater museum.

Edit -- because the oceans will overflow, it wasn't a global warming joke.

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Landlubber77 t1_jb0gu63 wrote

Replying to Chc36 (#2,164,818)

Should've reviewed it before hitting submit but hey hindsight is 20/20.

Edit -- Acuity, as in visual acuity, as in 20/20 on the Snellen Chart you goddamn cretinous louts.

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atcdev t1_jb0ix93 wrote

Guy gets caught dumping his old junk in a lake, “You don’t understand. I was doing it for the divers”.

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coredump3d t1_jb0w4vn wrote

"If you think Vanuatu is expensive, visit Aqaba, Jordan"

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DOCMarylandMD t1_jb10cl4 wrote

Way back in 2003 I served in a Patriot missile battalion in Jordan. The equipment and vehicles were shipped back to the US through Aqaba. Can’t believe that was 20 years ago

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Lowflyin t1_jb13unn wrote

Isn't there a huge artificial reef in Guam from army vehicles pushed off a cliff as well?

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pamacdon t1_jb16mcd wrote

We've taken Aqaba.

Taken Aqaba? Who has?

We have. Our side in this war has. The wogs have. We have...

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Wurm42 t1_jb19glg wrote

It's pretty common for scuba diving destinations to build artificial reefs of various sorts.

Sunken ships or sculptures are more common for reefs trying to attract divers, but the Aqaba "tank reef" is famous because of those military vehicles.

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MaelstromFL t1_jb22tm5 wrote

There are a bunch of tanks sunk off of Florida, we even have an Aircraft Carrier. (I was on a project to sink the tanks....)

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misplacedyank t1_jb25h0y wrote

some of these sites are really freaking cool to dive and make great safety stops!

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MaelstromFL t1_jb2ha6g wrote

Replying to pineappleshnapps (#2,168,130)

That was about 30 years ago, Here is the geos for anyone interested:

Item Latitude Longitude center location 27º - 40.600 N 082º - 51.750 W

concrete bridge material 27º - 40.750 N 082º - 51.767 W

200-foot steel deck barge 27º - 40.600 N 082º - 51.741 W

1 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.720 N 082º - 51.820 W

2 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.730 N 082º - 51.830 W

3 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.720 N 082º - 51.830 W

4 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.710 N 082º - 51.820 W

5 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.690 N 082º - 51.810 W

6 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.690 N 082º - 51.820 W

7 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.710 N 082º - 51.820 W

8 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.720 N 082º - 51.820 W

9 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.710 N 082º - 51.840 W

10 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.710 N 082º - 51.800 W

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Cetun t1_jb2jvko wrote

TIL Jordan has a connection to the sea.

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sik_dik t1_jb382wg wrote

if they didn't name the museum "Tanks for the Memories", they missed an opportunity

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20BensonLikeAGoodLad t1_jb3azor wrote

Replying to MaelstromFL (#2,168,210)

Off the North West Coast of Ireland there is a big shipwreck of a US transport ship sunk by a U-boat during WW2. Because of this there are just a bunch of sherman tanks sitting on the Atlantic Ocean floor. There's some pretty cool pictures on google of them.

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Noyuu66 t1_jb3c3s3 wrote

It's all fun and games until the BOTW guardian music kicks in as you approach one.

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jehlomould t1_jb4o2ii wrote

I was a dive instructor there for a few months, it was pretty cool to check them out

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AaronDotCom t1_jb4qxmd wrote

The poor fish that for crushed by a 100 ton tank:

👁️ 👄 👁️

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