GULF OF MEXICO — As hundreds of veterans looked on solemnly, U.S. navy divers blew holes in a retired aircraft carrier and sent the 270-metre USS Oriskany to the bottom of the sea yesterday, creating the world’s largest man-made reef. The rusted hulk took 37 minutes to slip beneath the waves, about 4 1/2 hours faster than predicted, after more than 227 kg of plastic explosives went off with bright flashes of light and clouds of brown and grey smoke.
Green Marine
about 20 years ago
U.S. sends ship to watery grave
GULF OF MEXICO — As hundreds of veterans looked on solemnly, U.S. navy divers blew holes in a retired aircraft carrier and sent the 270-metre USS Oriskany to the bottom of the sea yesterday, creating the world’s largest man-made reef. The rusted hulk took 37 minutes to slip beneath the waves, about
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