A sunken treasure.

• Position: Stateline - Brief Article

Texas and several other coastal states are battling over the USS Oriskany, the first decommissioned aircraft carrier to be donated by the Navy for use as an artificial reef. Texas's artificial reef program, which would love to sink the carrier, is managed by the state parks and wildlife department. They have already sunk tugboats, oil platforms, and smaller wartime vessels in the Gulf of Mexico, a body of...