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	GENERAL DESCRIPTION	Top
	The Captain Dan was an ex Coast Guard tender measuring 53m in length.


	HISTORY	Top
	The ship was originally named Hollyhock, VLM220. After being decommissioned by the Coast Guard she was purchased by a missionary. Mechanical problems stranded the vessel and she was towed to the Miami River and sold to the Florida Boating Improvement Program to become an artificial reef. The ship is then renamed Captain Dan in memory of Dan Garnsey, a charter fishing pioneer and sunk on the 20th of February 1990.

	DIVE SITE	Top
	Site : the Captain Dan lies in the waters of Rodeo Reef, Florida. Co-ordinates : Depth : the top deck lies in 22m and the deepest part is at the stern at 33m.

	THE DIVE	Top
	The Captain Dan lies straight up on her hull. The general condition of the wreck is good and penetration can be done in the wheelhouse, the holds and the engine room with the necessary precautions.

	DIFFICULTY	Top
	There are no particular difficulties, no fishing nets. Nitrox 36 would be the gas of choice for this dive, giving us over 30 minutes without leaving the NDL.

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