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Unique ID: 2177 Added to Database: 4 March 2012 Last Edited: 4 March 2012 Type (ID): M42 Duster (1112) Model (ID): M42 (1112) Location Category (ID): Gulf of Aqaba (42100) Location (ID): “The Tank” (42102) Serial Number: Registration: Name: Other Identification: Wreck on seabed. Collection Reference: Links: Dive Aqaba Dive Site Directory Imgur References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: American Car and Foundry Company, Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA (Additional manufacturer April 1952-December 1953) 2: Gulf of Aqaba, Aqaba, Aqaba Governorate, Jordan (Current location) Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication: [No entry] Text in Preserved American Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In Jordan publication: More popularly known to local divers simply as “The Tank” this American M42 Duster self-propelled anti-aircraft gun was originally in the employ of the Jordanian Army. It was scuttled as an artificial reef on 1 September 1999 by the Jordanian Royal Ecological Diving Society and has since accumulated a lot of marine life. (Source: Dive Aqaba). It has had its engine removed but otherwise appears to be largely complete. It sits on the seabed with its turret traversed to 4 o’clock.

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2010 1: Rear right view, anonymous photo from Imgur.com Taken: 2010 (Estimated) Contributor: CRFU Photo ID: 6815 Added: 4 March 2012 Filename: u0l5B_M4... Views: 738 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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