The Vandenberg Finally Sinks Off Key West

A 13-year project to create a new artificial reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary finally ended May 27, 2009, with the intentional sinking of the former missile-tracking ship the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg. The ship is resting on the bottom of the ocean, in 140 feet of water, about seven miles off of Key West. It only took one minute and 54 seconds for the ship to sink.