(Dive Travel Business News - November 17, 2010) -- The Cayman Islands will soon have a new artificial reef with the sinking of an old American warship with the upcoming sinking of the USS Kittiwake.
The vessel will find its finally resting place on Saturday December 11, 2010 in the waters off Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman so that there is just 15 feet of water above it. The location will make it accessible to novice divers and snorkelers and create a safe marine habitat for surrounding reef life.
The vessel has already been prepared for safe underwater access by divers and snorkelers, and has been thoroughly scrubbed with all toxic materials removed. The vessel will be towed a distance of approximately 1400 nautical miles along the eastern seaboard of the US from Norfolk Virginia, by Key West Florida, and then along normal shipping lanes around the western coast of Cuba to the port of Georgetown on the west side of Grand Cayman. The tow is expected to take 7-9 days at an average towing speed of 8 knots, weather permitting. read more »
