Descending onto the Deck

As one approaches the 60 ft starboard deck, one gets the feeling of the mighty force of the explosion that demolished the V.A.Fogg and only left three sections that can be recognized as a ship. The highest point of deck left is covered with a stinging white type coral. Reef fish like the Angelfish family is the most abundant and with close inspection the reef crustaceans abound in the 3 to 4 inch high growth on the deck. The Bow of the V.A.Fogg

As one moves toward the bow, the right side of the ship is crumpled and twisted pieces of metal. The deck of the bow is 78 feet deep and has gapping holes which provide habitat for the branching corals like black coral. There is a large wrench and anchor chain of the deck. A hard coral has made its home attached to the chain. Divers can observer the perceptive of certain corals which are tolerable to the diverse aquatic environment system. Anchor Chain on Deck

As a diver look down the sides of the bow, the variety and abundance of the different types of snapper is overwhelming. It seems as if every foot of ocean has 3 to 5 fish occupying the space. As one looks in awe at the sheer number of fish, at a blink of an eye they dash to the safety of the twisted metal and you feel the presence of the great hammerhead approaching. Its size seems huge, but remembering that water is magnified it probably is only 6 to 8 foot long. Nevertheless, the sure grace of it movements fills one with an amazement of awe. As it moves away, the snapper return again in great numbers. Wench on deck

The area where the ship was flatten has become a research area of the Houston Lighting & Power Pott Ash Concrete Block research area. They discover that pott ash and certain type of concrete is the substrate for coral to anchor itself too. 2003 4 ft blocks were placed there to help establish a larger reef community.


Understanding of Artifical Reef Ecology
Elements of Understanding Artifical Reef Communities
Texas Artifical Reefs Oil Rigs How to Dive them and Observe
Texas Artifical Reef Marine Park & VA Fogg Wreck : How Dive them and Observe
Understandng the Texas Gulf: Planning Dives with Moon phases & Tides.
Diver Awarenesss: Texas Gulf and Posionous Marine Life
Nationial Marine Sancturay: Flowergarden Banks
Texas Gulf shelf and 36 banks
Seven & One-half Fathom Reef
Texas Ship Wreck Act and History
The Ship wrecks of 1554 Port Mansfield
The ship wreck of the USS Contitution 1864: Galveston Jetties
The Discovery of the La Salle's Ship in Matagordia Bay.
Spearfishing the Texas Gulf Rigs
The Return Of the Turtle to Texas Beaches: History & Farm
The Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network
THe Hypersaline Lagoon Under Attack : The Laguna Madre & the battle between development.
Charter Boat Mall
Form for Registing Charter Boat