Comments on: Date with destiny: Vandenberg To Sink Between May 26 And June 1 http://www.scubaherald.com/date-with-destiny-vandenberg-to-sink-between-may-26-and-june-1/ All ABout Scuba Diving; News, Products and Many More. Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:44:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David Perkins http://www.scubaherald.com/date-with-destiny-vandenberg-to-sink-between-may-26-and-june-1/comment-page-1/#comment-281 David Perkins Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:53:05 +0000 http://www.scubaherald.com/?p=388#comment-281 Discovered your article today regarding the sinking of the USNS Vandenberg off the coast of Key West and remembered going onboard for a tour of this ship while I was stationed on Midway Island back in the mid-1960's. Back then, this ship was "State of the Art!" The comment by an engineer that it could track something the size of a golf ball at 20 miles was HUGE... at that time. This ship was at Midway Island to track the reentry of one of our Space Capsules that often landed in the Pacific Ocean. There's a photo of the Vandenberg about nine photo's down on my Midway webpage. A little way on down the page are some underwater photo's of marine life at that time. I really wish I had learned to Scuba Dive "then" instead of waiting so long to learn how... These pictures were snapped as I snorkeled around and occasionally swam down for a closer look. Too bad the government has taken control and no longer allows public access so we can dive there. Midway Island is truly a diver's paradise! David Perkins, U.S. Navy Retired PADI Divemaster Discovered your article today regarding the sinking of the USNS Vandenberg off the coast of Key West and remembered going onboard for a tour of this ship while I was stationed on Midway Island back in the mid-1960’s.

Back then, this ship was “State of the Art!” The comment by an engineer that it could track something the size of a golf ball at 20 miles was HUGE… at that time.

This ship was at Midway Island to track the reentry of one of our Space Capsules that often landed in the Pacific Ocean.

There’s a photo of the Vandenberg about nine photo’s down on my Midway webpage.

A little way on down the page are some underwater photo’s of marine life at that time. I really wish I had learned to Scuba Dive “then” instead of waiting so long to learn how… These pictures were snapped as I snorkeled around and occasionally swam down for a closer look.

Too bad the government has taken control and no longer allows public access so we can dive there. Midway Island is truly a diver’s paradise!

David Perkins, U.S. Navy Retired
PADI Divemaster

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