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Texas Tower 4
 NJ
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Max Depth: Over 150ft/46m
Entry Type: Boat
Bottom Composition: Clay/Muck
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Rating: 5.00 by 1 divers
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Texas Tower 4 is a boat accessible salt water dive site, located in NJ. This dive site has an average rating of 5.00 out of 5 from 1 scuba divers. The maximum depth is over 150ft/46m.
The Texas Towers were a set of off-shore radar facilities used by the United States Air Force during the Cold War that were modeled on the offshore oil drilling platforms first employed off the Texas coast. The platforms were used for radar surveillance of the Atlantic Ocean near the eastern seaboard of the United States from 1958 to 1963.
On January 11, 1954, the USAF approved the construction of 5 Texas Towers as part of the Air Defense System. The towers were phased into operation between 1958 and 1960.
Texas Tower 4 suffered severe structural damage during Hurricane Donna and, before repairs could be completed, was destroyed by a winter storm on January 15, 1961. Twenty-eight airmen and civilian contractors were manning the station; none survived.
With the advent of Soviet ICBM’s, the bomber threat was reduced in importance. Thus due to a lower need and the perceived risk, the remaining two towers were decommissioned in 1963 and demolished shortly thereafter.