USNS Hoyt S. Vandenberg To Be Sunk For a Reef 169
caffiend666 writes "On Wednesday the USNS Hoyt S. Vandenberg is to be sunk in 140 feet of water off of Key West to become the world's second largest artificial reef. (The largest was created by sinking the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany off of Pensacola, Florida, in 2006.) The Vandenberg was built in 1943 (chronology) and commissioned the USS Gen. Harry Taylor. In 1963 the Air Force took it over and recommissioned it, naming it after the Air Force general. For decades the ship served as a missile tracker and space relay. It was used in NASA's Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo projects and the Shuttle program. The Vandenberg was the set for some of the scenes in the '90s movie Virus as the Russian MIR relay station. Soon it will become one of the world's most awesome diving spots."
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Got me, but... Imagine a beowulf cluster of them! :P
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As if there isn't enough heavy metals in the water supply, the US drops 9550 tons of iron in the ocean. You don't do *anything* by halves, do you ?
(Let's wait for the first lemon to point out that iron is not a heavy metal, then we can all go "whoosh" at his expense).
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Re:Would it make sense to turn the ship into housi (Score:1, Funny)
Is that you L. Bob Rife?
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Assuming the wikipedia article on the ship is true, then the ship is currently owned by bankers and not the government.
I can't help thinking though the ancient tradition of the captain going down with the ship should be applied here, since the captains will be bankers. There's no better place for bankers than Davy Jones Locker.
Re:My ship was sunk too... (Score:2, Funny)
> The ship I served on from 1989-1992, the USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) was sunk as a target.
Bloody hell... I hope they gave you a bit of warning