wreck · Florida Keys
USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg
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Spree ExpeditionsKey West / Stock IslandA 522-ft former troop transport and missile-tracking ship scuttled upright about 7 miles south of Key West. The shallow superstructure gives advanced divers a first look, while the deck and hull reach deep-diving depths.
Shallowest superstructure ~40 ft but main deck and sand are well below 60 ft recreational open-water limit; exposed offshore site often with current; deep-certified divers only for deck level, technical training for keel/penetration.
- Length ft
- 522
- Launched
- 1943
- Former names
- USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145), USAS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (T-AGM-10)
- Sunk date
- 2009-05-27
- Sunk as
- intentional artificial reef
- Relief ft
- 100
- Regulations
- Within Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; use wreck mooring buoys.
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Log a dive hereSanctuary data: NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Artificial reef data: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Sources: openstreetmap.org · position: FWC artificial-reef deployment point (MO0062); corroborated by NOAA wreck mooring buoys V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6 (centroid 24.45947, -81.73689, <100 m away)
