New reef or old wreck?

The obsolete aircraft carrier USS Oriskany will be sunk to the bottom of the sea near Pensacola FL. Cheers, not tears, are expected, because instead of being broken down into scrap metal, the 911-foot vessel will begin a new life as an "artificial reef" for fish and other underwater creatu...

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Published in:U.S. news & world report 2004-09, Vol.137 (10), p.70
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