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Cold War missile tracker to be sunk in spring
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Oct 9, 2007 6:28:23 EDT
Posted : Tuesday Oct 9, 2007 6:28:23 EDT
NORFOLK, Va. — A World War II-era ship that served in the Cold War will be sunk next spring off of Florida’s Key West as an artificial reef.
Reefmakers, a Moorestown, N.J.-based company that creates artificial reefs, will sink the 530-foot missile tracker General Hoyt S. Vandenberg in 140 feet of water next spring.
The ship was built as the General Harry Taylor during World War II. It was fitted with satellite equipment and renamed in 1963.
It had been retired to the James River Reserve Fleet, also known as the “Ghost Fleet.”
The $5.7 million project is being paid for by the U.S. Maritime Administration and taxpayers in Florida.
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