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Pictures from the USS Oriskany, the new artificial reef May 22, 2006

Posted by Andy Carroll in : WreckDiving , trackback

USS Oriskany artificial reefBill Reals over at Divester has posted a link to a bunch of great pictures showing the state of the USS Oriskany, a new artificial reef, which was sunk last week, one of the largest intentionally sunk shipwrecks in the world. It is now resting upright in the Gulf of Mexico off Pensacola.

As you can see, the visibility looks fantastic, a bit better than the two metres we had last week on the Empress Of India :)

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1. Scuba Geek » USS Oriskany scuba diving review ‘You can float around it like you are a bird’ - May 27, 2006

[…] Following the sinking of the USS Oriskany to create the world’s largest artificial reef, and the excellent photos of the wreck by the first divers able to scuba dive the wreck, there are now reports coming out about just good a dive it is. […]


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