KEY WEST, Fla. – At approximately 10:22 a.m., demolition experts pushed a button that ignited cutting charges strategically positioned in bilge areas below the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg's waterline.

The ship sank at approximately 10:24 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.

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Vandenberg Successfully Sunk