The Valley Forge is a 108-foot firefighting tugboat, originally commissioned by the U.S. Army and constructed in 1954. It served for many decades, undergoing a refit in the 1990s. The tug was later decommissioned and put up for auction in 2012.
The Valley Forge joins tugboats, the America and the American at the site AR-165, located about 7 miles southeast of Oregon Inlet. The site contains about 7,200 tons of recycled concrete pipe. GPS coordinates are 35 degrees 41 minutes north and 75 degrees 26 minutes west.
An artificial reef is a manmade underwater structure, typically built to promote marine life in areas with a generally featureless bottom, that serve as crucial spawning and foraging habitat for many commercially and recreationally important fish species.