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Tibbetts

So I looked into the story of the Tibbetts a bit more. Apparently the ship was originally named

Russian Warship #356
. I would have expected something more creative from our Russian friends but oh well. The destroyer was strategically positioned in Cuba until the end of the Cold War when the Soviets stopped supporting Cuba. Apparently the Navy did not feel like spending the money to send old #356 back home so they sent the 100 plus officers and sailors home on another ship and abandoned it in 1992.

There sat #356 until the Cayman government bought it to create an artificial reef. Here is an interesting factoid: The destroyer originally cost $30 million USD and the Caymanian government was able to pick it up for only approximate $300,000 USD. Ouch. Depreciation is a killer!

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