Hambergler put this info in another post, and I thought more members would see this if I put it in it's own thread. We'll have to go see her after she's settled on the bottom!
On another note, HERE COMES THE VANDENBERG!!! WOO HOO!!
http://www.bigshipwrecks.com/
The Vandenberg is on its way to Key West!
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Posted 15 April 2009 - 09:54 AM
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Posted 15 April 2009 - 10:20 AM
Hot damn!! 
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Posted 15 April 2009 - 12:13 PM
Yay!!!!!! A reason to go all the way to the end!
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Posted 15 April 2009 - 01:42 PM
SIGN ME UP FOR THIS ONE!!! 
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Posted 15 April 2009 - 04:32 PM
On April 12 at 12:15 Vandenberg departed Norfolk, Virginia for the long tow to her new home in Key West Florida. More than a decade of work by a dedicated core of volunteers will finally come to fruition. After leaving the shipyard dock, Vandenberg will pass under the Elizabeth River bridge and pass the Hampton Roads bridge-tunnel, the Chesapeake Bay bridge-tunnel, come around the point at the Cape Henry lighthouse and head south.
Cool! Not sure when she will arrive in Key West but it should be in TIME for our May FL Keys Trip!
And for sure in time for our Aug Coral Spawning trip so we'll definately do a trip on her then!
And for the few of us doing the New Atocha Treasure Adventure Week....we'll do a dive on her then as well! (Stay tuned for more details coming soon!)
So 3 chances via SD.com just this year alone!
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Posted 15 April 2009 - 05:43 PM
Cool! Not sure when she will arrive in Key West but it should be in TIME for our May FL Keys Trip!
And for sure in time for our Aug Coral Spawning trip so we'll definately do a trip on her then!
And for the few of us doing the New Atocha Treasure Adventure Week....we'll do a dive on her then as well! (Stay tuned for more details coming soon!)
So 3 chances via SD.com just this year alone!
According to today's position briefing, it should arrive Key West on April 20, but they don't give a scuttle date
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Posted 15 April 2009 - 06:22 PM
According to today's position briefing, it should arrive Key West on April 20, but they don't give a scuttle date
I've seen documentaries of other scuttlings, so I hope somebody films this and puts in on Discovery Channel, or Nat Geo, or something!
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 08:09 AM
I think, not sure in any way, that they are going to try to get her sunk before Hurricane Season starts......
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 12:03 PM
I know someone involved in fundraising for the project. He tells me that the time frame is going to be somewhere between middle of May and middle of June.
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 12:54 PM
Cool! Not sure when she will arrive in Key West but it should be in TIME for our May FL Keys Trip!
And for sure in time for our Aug Coral Spawning trip so we'll definately do a trip on her then!
And for the few of us doing the New Atocha Treasure Adventure Week....we'll do a dive on her then as well! (Stay tuned for more details coming soon!)
So 3 chances via SD.com just this year alone!
According to today's position briefing, it should arrive Key West on April 20, but they don't give a scuttle date
Cool! It would be great to see it above the water!
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 01:31 PM
Hey SDM, does your friend know the depth they plan to put her?
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 05:12 PM
I want to see this ship before it is sunk !
Estimate now shows off of Cape Canaveral 10:00 Friday.
At 7.7 knots it will get to Delray Beach after sunset.
If anyone can find out a better estimate of location for Friday afternoon or Saturday morning,
I would be happy to make a drive and shell out a few $$$$ to go out on a charter boat and see it.
Everyone at the dive shop thinks its a great idea.
Estimate now shows off of Cape Canaveral 10:00 Friday.
At 7.7 knots it will get to Delray Beach after sunset.
If anyone can find out a better estimate of location for Friday afternoon or Saturday morning,
I would be happy to make a drive and shell out a few $$$$ to go out on a charter boat and see it.
Everyone at the dive shop thinks its a great idea.
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 05:41 PM
Just looked at the pictures. They are taking all the good bits off!
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 07:23 PM
Hey SDM, does your friend know the depth they plan to put her?
The plan is to sink her in about 140 fsw. This will enable hitting the first structure in the 40 to 50 fsw range, and the deck at about 90. They are trying to model it after the Spiegel Grove, and they want to make it so that recreational divers can enjoy diving the site.
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 08:30 PM
As long as they drop her on her keel in a reachable-by-sport-divers depth before the Keys Krawl on the Spree in May, I will be a happy camper. I've never been on a "new" wreck before, and the newest before now was probably 15-20 years old. I want to see her underwater and imagine her life before she slid beneath the waves and into the briney deep.
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Let those winds of time blow over my head,
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.
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