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5/31/2009: The 523-foot-long Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg is situated about seven miles south of Key West. The bottom of the ship's hull rests on sand in depths that average 145 feet. But the ship is so massive that the superstructure begins about 45 feet below the surface.
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5/27/2009: The Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg sank at approximately 10:18 a.m. Wednesday, successfully concluding a 13-year-project to convert the decommissioned military missile-tracking ship into a new artificial reef off Key West. Photos by Rob O'Neal |
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5/4/2009: Members of the press were invited to a press conference and a tour of the Gen. Hoyt S.Vandenberg. Photos by Clinton Barras.
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4/22/2009: A long awaited arrival of the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, shots of the ship's arrival into Key West harbor. Photos by Rob O'Neal.
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4/24/2009: Shots of the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg at the East Quay Wall in Truman Annex Harbor Key West. Photos by FloridaKeys.Com |
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4/22/2009: Shots of the Vandenberg in Virginia, cleaning the ship and the Vandenberg's arrival into Key West Harbor. Photos by Andy Newman / Florida Keys News Bureau.
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5/22/2009: View schematic drawings for the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg.
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