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Ken Vitale / The Tracy
SPECIFICATIONS
COORDINATES
MAX DEPTH
RELIEF
SUNK DATE
26° 09.559' N
70
ft
29
ft
80° 04.763' W
21
9
m
m
March 02, 1999
32
ft
9.7
m
132
ft
40
m
RECOMMENDED MINIMUM TRAINING
HISTORY
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December 17, 1977: US. Customs Service Agents searched the vessel and found over 125 pounds of cocaine on board.
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1997: Siezed by the US. Customs Service in connection with an investigation into a drug smuggling operation.
Name History:
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The Tracey
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Ken Vitale (divesite)
Divesite:
The ship was renamed the Ken Vitale, in memory of a local dive instructor who suffered a Heart Attack diving with students off Pompano Beach in November 1998. The wreck rests upright and is located amongst a cluster of several other vessels, including the tug Jay Scutti and the freighter Merci Jesus.
LOCATION
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