Sinking of the USS Hoyt S. Vandenberg in Key West FL
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Uploaded by Yellowrose49 on May 27, 2009
The USS Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg is on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, in about 140 feet of water seven miles off Key West.
Divers have confirmed that it is sitting upright, with the keel in the sand.
The former troop transport ship successfully sunk in about two minutes at about 10:21 a.m. today, May 27, 2009.
After two audible explosions, plumes of smoke rose and the ship slowly descended, apparently settling upright on the bottom.
"It's looking good, it's looking good, it's going down straight," Capt. Sheri Lohr said as the Vandenberg gradually disappeared. "For once I'm speechless."
Lohr is one of the co-founders of project organizer Artificial Reefs of the Keys.
Sinking the 522-foot-long mothballed Navy ship, the world's second-largest artificial reef, was a decade-long project.
BEHOLD....It was a SIGHT to See!
(Video courtsey of Monroe County Tourist Development)
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It's just not worth it to recycle all that steal.....
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@dodsonsth - What a great idea!!! We should send the "Occupy" people there.
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Replaced from the inside out with PVC... HOW? Spray a foam sealer foundation and commence PVC installation. The construction can be done at sea or in drydock because you already have a boat to build on. I'm experienced on ships, so I know its possible to do this.
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"Waterworld?" What about the rusting hull? It can be replaced from the inside out with conforming honeycombed layers of chambered PVC. Fire resistant and strong enough to float a ship. Durable enough to house families for centuries. All weather resistant refurbished ships will never sink, and never have to be evacuated. "THINK ABOUT IT!"
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I'd like to see old ships attatched to each other and recycled into ocean colonies, like, "Waterworld." Or, think of how much money the government could make with remodled ocean hotels, or permanent off shore schools and housing.
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"A little sad to see it go down but the alternative was scrap metal"
recycling is better than dumping. steel is expensive.
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acctualy yellow there was no problem at all with it
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Did you know that ship was used in the 1999 horror film "Virus"?
It was used as a Russian Radar Ship in the movie. At that time they put Russian signs and words on the hull.
Believe it or not, they're still there!
You can go there and see for yourself before the hull gets taken by nature.
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I read on the face book page that there was some trouble with it, I know that divers will re-attach if necessary.
Yellowrose49 2 years ago