Winds in Cayman Islands delay scuttling of ship

Bloomberg -

The scuttling of a decommissioned U.S. Navy ship to create an underwater attraction for scuba divers and snorkelers has been postponed because of windy weather.

Project manager Nancy Easterbrook says winds off Grand Cayman were too strong Tuesday to sink the USS Kittiwake, an old 2,290-ton (2,077-metric ton) submarine rescue ship.

Easterbrook says they will sink the vessel as an artificial reef on Wednesday if there is a break in the weather.

Plans call for the Kittiwake to be sunk on the north end of Seven Mile Beach, providing divers with a year-round diving destination.

The Cayman Islands, a three-island Caribbean grouping that is an offshore finance haven, already is well known among divers around the world.

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