AH-WR-0749

Kinta S

Cargo Freighter · Panama · Lost 2014 · Texas & the Western Gulf

A retired Panama-flagged freighter scuttled off Port Aransas in 2014, the largest ship reefed in Texas waters since the Texas Clipper.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Launched in Japan in 1976, Kinta S worked as a Panama-flagged cargo freighter serving Caribbean routes before her retirement. In September 2014, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sank the 155-foot vessel about eight miles off Mustang Island to enhance the Corpus Christi Nearshore Reef, making her the largest ship added to a Texas reef since the Texas Clipper in 2007.

Vessel

Built: 1976
Builder: Not established
Yard: Japan
Material: Steel
Length: 155 ft
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Diesel, single screw
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: September 17, 2014
Cause: Intentional sinking
Location: About 8 miles off Mustang Island, near Port Aransas, Texas, Gulf of Mexico
Water: Gulf of Mexico
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: 0
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: 75 ft
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Managed as part of the Corpus Christi Nearshore Reef (MU 775) by TPWD

Position

Coordinates: 27.74° N 97.13° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Port Aransas, Texas
Region: Texas & the Western Gulf

General area only: coordinate of Mustang Island, the named place near which this vessel was lost, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, not a surveyed wreck position.