Behind the scenes look at the sinking of the KRAKEN

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Departments Artificial Reef Program sank a 371ft cargo vessel, named The Kraken, on Jan. 20, 2017. The vessel was sunk 67 miles off the coast of Galveston to create a new artificial reef. This is a behind the scenes look at the sinking of the KRAKEN from the ASHTON T the crew boat doing the sinking. The KRAKEN went down at 2:40 CST. The crew spent about an hour cutting holes in the floating deck plates to complete the sinking of the KRAKEN