Wreck of USS Spiegel Grove off Key Largo coast, Florida, USA
Concretions and sponges growing on the USS Spiegel Grove off Key Largo coast, Atlantic Ocean, Florida Keys, USA, United States. The Spiegel was commissioned in 1956 and served as a US Navy Landing Ship Dock. The ship was named after the Ohio estate of US President Rutherford B. Hayes. The ship saw action throughout the Caribbean Sea, the United States East Coast, Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Panama and the Middle East, including an important role in the original Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf. She carried a crew of 18 officers, 325 men and 318 troops. Spiegel was decommissioned in 1989. She was sunk in 2002 she rests at a sandy bottom130 feet below, and because of its 90 feet of height, rises to within 50 feet of the ocean surface. The ship is about six miles off of Key Largo.
Size: 5700px × 3816px
Location: Key Largo, Florida Keys, United States, USA
Photo credit: © Amar and Isabelle Guillen - Guillen Photo LLC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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