In 2024, North Carolina sank the 106-foot tugboat Thomas Dann off Cape Lookout; it joined two older ships and 1,700 tons of concrete at a reef

Thomas Dann, a tugboat wrecked by fire, lies on a reef off Cape Lookout alongside two older ships and 1,700 tons of concrete, giving marine life a safe home.

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