She says choosing the USS Kittiwake was the easy part of her eight-year effort.

CNN: A worthy wreck for divers: USS Kittiwake

The Kittiwake was sunk a little over a year ago just off Grand Cayman's popular Seven Mile Beach.

CNN: A worthy wreck for divers: USS Kittiwake

As a submarine rescue vessel, the Kittiwake was home to many Navy divers during its 49 years of service.

CNN: A worthy wreck for divers: USS Kittiwake

The Kittiwake is a Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship that was part of the U.S. Navy's fleet until it was decommissioned in 1994.

CNN: A worthy wreck for divers: USS Kittiwake

Twenty kittiwake chicks were hatched in captivity and assigned randomly to four fish diets: high-volume high-lipid, high-volume low-lipid, low-volume high-lipid, and low-volume low-lipid.

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It follows claims that low-flying jets on a training exercise recently led to mass panic, with kittiwake chicks falling into the sea and drowning.

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It's the Cayman Islands' newest tourist attraction, the USS Kittiwake.

CNN: A worthy wreck for divers: USS Kittiwake

"It was a pilot project and that was part of the complexity of it, " says Nancy Easterbrook, who spearheaded the Kittiwake project on behalf of the Cayman Islands Tourism Association.

CNN: A worthy wreck for divers: USS Kittiwake