Why at Grand Cayman? Why not off the East Coast, Gulf Coast, or West Coast? We could use more artificial reefs here. Was tax payer money used or was this privately funded?
Though some object to the scuttling of warships like this, the truth of the matter is that it provides a last service, oddly enough, by creating more sailors.
Such ships soon become an active breeding ground for sea creatures and fish, which promotes both fishing and diving. And those who are capable fishermen and divers are the bread and butter of the US Navy.
A secret of the ocean floor is that, except for shallow coastlines, and including some coastlines, most of it is pretty low density as far as life goes. But when a ship or kelp bed happen, the result is an explosion of life. So in just a few years, this ship will have more living creatures on it than perhaps five square miles of desolate coast.