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The decommissioned guided missile destroyer USS Towers (DDG-9) slowly sinks in the Pacific Ocean after being used as a target hulk for live-fire sinking exercises (SINKEX) on 9 October 2002. The decommissioned ships are first made environmentally safe prior to towing and sinking in safe waters off prospective coastlines. Ultimately, Towers serves as a man-made reef for marine life in the area. |
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| Author | U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Andrew Betting |
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| current | 07:58, 7 September 2011 | | 2,100 × 1,500 (1.68 MB) | Cobatfor | larger USN photo |
| 13:21, 25 June 2006 |  | 1,000 × 564 (140 KB) | Schlendrian | First uploaded to en.wiki under same filename by 20:20, 21 June 2005 . . Durin 021009-N-8590B-005 Pacific Ocean (9 October, 2002) -- The decommissioned ship USS Towers (DDG-9), an old Charles F. Adams class destroyer, slowly sinks in |
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