New Artificial Reef off Pensacola, FL
Thursday, May 18, 2006
The 888-foot, 32,000-ton combat veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars took about 35 minutes to settle below the surface after crews set off 22 small explosive charges in her hull, Navy spokeswoman Pat Dolan said.

The rusting ship, decommissioned in 1976, was expected to settle upright in 212 feet of water, which would put her highest point about 60 feet under the surface for the recreational divers who will explore the vessel in the future.

Remember, if you want to see something like that around here, a good place to start is: http://www.ships2reefs.com/

More info:
BBC News (with video)
Reuters
Forbes
ABC News

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     Dry Dive Rescheduled
Monday, May 15, 2006
The Dry Dive on May 14 was canceled because of the heavy rains (after all we did promise a dry dive, not a wet one). The new date is Sunday, May 21.
we are going to meet at Burger King on Rt 128 at 10 am. The duration of the dry dive is around 2 hrs.
If interested, please contact Anna, shore dive coordinator at shoredive@neadc.org or leave message at 978-452-4399.

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     Oceanic Versa Pro Computer Recall
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Oceanic is issuing a voluntary recall of Versa Pro revision 2A Dive computers. For more info, and how to identify if your model is affected, go to:
http://www.oceanicworldwide.com/safety_notices_vp2a.html

I'll have a copy of the notice in our own recall section soon

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     New Raffle at Meetings
Monday, May 08, 2006
We will be having a new raffle for a spot on the New England Aquarium Spring Collecting Trip. Tickets are $10 each, and only 500 will be sold. Officers will have tickets at the meetings and events.

You can purchase tickets by mail at:

Al Bozza
Program Director/NEADC
8 Crossbow Rd
Norfolk, Ma 02056
Click here for more info


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     Update: Newsletter poll
Saturday, May 06, 2006
In order to get a better idea of how members want to recieve their newsletter, I have started a poll on the forum. You must be a forum member (it's free) to vote in the poll, or you can reply without signing up. You can also let us know by leaving us a voicemail. All details are here:

http://www.neadc.org/vote/

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