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USNS Hoyt S. Vandenberg To Be Sunk For a Reef

Posted by kdawson on from the give-reefs-a-chance dept.

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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  1. Excuse me, by Jurily · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    but what is this doing on Slashdot?

    1. Re:Excuse me, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Linux just isn't ready for the desktop yet, probably because of people like this and this.

  2. DoD stonesifers gateses not to be inconvenienced by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that's cyber security. everybody knows that patty s. runs fuddles' major league tax dodge, & that they, & other illuminati billionerrors come swim in fuddles' fabulous puddles. fortunately, we do not need (never did) any more greed/fear/ego based glowbull warmongering execrable. plus, their bugware never worked to task.

    no need to confuse 'religion' with being a spiritual being. our soul purpose here is to care for one another. failing that, we're simply passing through (excess baggage) being distracted/consumed by the guaranteed to fail illusionary trappings of man'kind'. & recently (about a 1000 years ago) it was determined that hoarding & excess by a few, resulted in negative consequences for all.

    boeing, boeing, gone.

    this post is censored in the previous thread.

  3. batshit insane by macshit · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I wonder if Dick Cheney is going to flip out and start foaming at the mouth about this too?

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