Oriskany slated as artificial reef.The Navy announced in April that it will transfer the decommissioned carrier Oriskany (CV 34) to the state of Florida for use as an artificial reef An artificial reef is a man-made, underwater structure, typically built for the purpose of promoting marine life in areas of generally featureless bottom. Artificial reefs may also serve to improve hydrodynamics for surfing or to control beach erosion. . The selection represents another step forward in the Navy's efforts to safely reduce its inventory of obsolete OBSOLETE. This term is applied to those laws which have lost their efficacy, without being repealed, 2. A positive statute, unrepealed, can never be repealed by non-user alone. 4 Yeates, Rep. 181; Id. 215; 1 Browne's Rep. Appx. 28; 13 Serg. & Rawle, 447. ships by cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. means that benefit the marine environment. The ship is expected to be in place as a reef in summer 2004. EDITED BY WENDY LELAND |
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