A gem is coming to the the northeast United States for divers who love learning the history behind the wreck.

The Tamaroa – a former Coast Guard vessel used in World War II and famous for saving seven fishermen depicted in the book and movie “The Perfect Storm” — is expected to be purpose-sunk off the coasts of New Jersey and Delaware later this month, 25 years after making the rescue that inspired the film.

The 205-foot vessel, which was used for rescuing ships during much of its career and formerly known as the USS Zuni, will be used as an artificial reef for divers and anglers.

The ship was deployed by the Navy in the 1940s to the Pacific, where it towed heavily damaged cruisers. The Zuni spent a month at Iwo Jima in 1945.

“I’d rather see her be a permanent undersea memorial than be scrapped,” Bill Doherty, who served on the Tamaroa in the late 1960s, told The Record. “She has too much history for that.”

Want to see what it’s like to sink an artificial reef? Check out this video.