Navy Sinks USS Oriskany to Become an Artificial Reef.wmv

Carrier Vessel 34, the ex-USS Oriskany, is the first artificial reef in the Navys Ships-to-Reefs program. The Oriskany is the largest ship ever scuttled to create an artificial reef and was sunk to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast in 2006. The former warship slipped under the water about 24 miles south of Pensacola, Florida. The Oriskany was 888 feet long, and weighed 32,000 tons. It sank in water about 212 feet deep.

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[bestamerica]

moonmeetslighting,

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it is still bad for ocean / water,,,

ship have alot of metals and rusts can be ruin in the water ground

[moonmeetslighting]

@bestamerica they r making a reef for the fishes

[colintraveller]

She earned her Battle Stars in Korea and Vietnam .. 

[bestamerica]

dobbyboy91,

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okay thank explain,,,

not only parts,,,

i mean ALL whole ship body to the dry dock,,,

not throw in the ocean

[dobbyboy91]

@bestamerica They save what parts they can when doing this, they remove all unnecessary parts that can be used on future ships, then they scuttle the shell of the ship, and anything they couldn't use

[idahoandrew]

yeeeeee