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Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg Wreck — Key West, Florida

Vandenberg Video Clips

Four Months After Sinking

9/18/2009: Four months after the Holt S. Vandenberg Sinking, the beginnings of a coral ecosystem are evident. Video by FloridaKeys.com.


Vandenberg Under Water

5/29/2009: First dives on the newly sunk Vandenberg. View underwater footage. Video by FloridaKeys.com.


On-Board Videos of Vandenberg Sinking

5/27/2009: On-Board video footage as the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg sank as an artificial reef. Video by Florida Keys News Bureau.


Aerial View of Vandenberg Sinking

5/27/2009: Aerial Footage of the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg sinking as an artificial reef. Video by Florida Keys News Bureau.


Vandenberg Sinking

5/27/2009: The Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg sank at approximately 10:18 a.m. Wednesday, successfully concluding a 13-year-project to convert the decommissioned military missile-tracking ship into a new artificial reef off Key West. Video by FloridaKeys.Com


Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg's Last Voyage

5/26/2009: The Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg being towed to the sink site, where it will be sink as an artificial reef. Video by FloridaKeys.Com


Media Day

5/4/2009: Members of the press were invited to a press conference and a tour of the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg. Video by FloridaKeys.Com


Vandenberg Video Tour

Video tour of final preparations of the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, docked at the East Quay Wall in Truman Annex Harbor Key West. Video by Florida Keys News Bureau.


Vandenberg Key West Arrival (1)

4/22/2009: The retired U.S. missile tracking ship Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg arrives in Key West, Fla., Wednesday, April 22, 2009, after it was towed 1,100 miles from Norfolk, Va. Video by Florida Keys News Bureau.


Vandenberg Key West Arrival (2)

4/22/2009: Arrival of the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, video of the ship's arrival to Key West. Video by FloridaKeys.Com. Music by Howard Livingston & The Mile Marker 24 Band. Video by FloridaKeys.Com


Vandenberg Leaving Norfolk

4/12/2009: Underway to Key West, tugboats ease the former Air Force missile tracking ship Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg down the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Va., Sunday, April 12, 2009. Video by Florida Keys News Bureau.


Vandenberg Docked in Norfolk

10/9/2007: The decommissioned Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg is docked in a Norfolk, Va., shipyard Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, undergoing a major cleaning prior to being sunk as an artificial reef off Key West, Fla. Video by Florida Keys News Bureau.


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