The aircraft carrier <a about="#mwt64" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USS","href":"./Template:USS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Oriskany"},"2":{"wt":"CV-34"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oriskany" id="mwAWM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Oriskany" typeof="mw:Transclusion">USS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Oriskany</i></a> is sunk in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" id="mwAWQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_reef" id="mwAWU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Artificial reef">artificial reef</a>.