Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Aircraft carrier sunk in Gulf to create artificial reef

From the Associated Press:

IN THE GULF OF MEXICO — As hundreds of veterans looked on solemnly, Navy divers blew holes in a retired aircraft carrier and sent the 888-foot USS Oriskany to the bottom of the sea today, forming the world's largest deliberately created artificial reef...

Full article (Houston Chronicle, May 17, 2006)

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