But it improves fishing off of Pensacola, FLA, so it's on-topic.

The "Oriskany" was intentionally sunk to create an artificial reef. The
Navy loaded the venerable 56-year old carrier, (a veteran of three
wars), with strategically placed charges and she settled reasonably
quickly after the explosions.

Pilots stationed on the Oriskany suffered the highest loss ratio of any
air group during the Viet Nam war, and Senator John McCain took off
from the Oriskany before being shot down and held as a POW for five
years. John F. Kennedy used the deck of the Oriskany as the stage for a
televised speech during the Cuban missle crisis, and the vessel was the
main carrier used for the movie "The Bridges of Toko Rei".