Two adorable sea turtles fighting over the perfect spot to rest on the Sea Tiger, a wreck commonly used as a dive site off Waikiki Beach.
The Sea Tiger, prior to being intentionally sunk and turned into a reef.
Bow of the Sea Tiger today, a host to hundreds of underwater species.
A Little Sea Tiger History...
The ship was originally called Yun Fong Seong No. 303 and was carrying 93 illegal Chinese immigrants in 1992. The immigrants were captured peacefully by the Hawaiian Harbor Police and the ship was sold at auction for $1by a man who later abandoned the ship.
It was then bought by The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for $40,000 and was going to be used to ram fishing vessels that used drift nets. That plan also fell through, and it was sold to a Vietnamese fisherman who named it the Sea Tiger.
By 1994, the ship was still docked in the harbor, leaking oil and causing a stir with environmentalists. Voyager Submarines bought the ship for $1 and spent $250,000 to restore it and clean it up in preparation to get all the approvals from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, health department, U.S. Coast Guard, and the Army Corp of Engineers. Another $100,000 was spent to drain the remainder of the oil and fuel, and it was taken out to its location now, and was sunk to become a gorgeous environment for sea life.
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