A tugboat nudges the decommissioned U.S. military missile-tracking Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg into position Tuesday, May 26, 2009, above its final resting place about seven miles south of Key West. The 523-foot-long Vandenberg is scheduled to be intentionally sunk off Key West Wednesday, May 27, as an artificial reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Some 70 percent of the $8.6 million budget was expended to rid the vessel of contaminants.
Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau
