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.