USS Indiana
As part of the US Navy, the USS Indiana was a large ship. Though it was strong, it was sunk in November of 1920 in the Chesapeake Bay. Overall, people located the wreckage and decided to scrap the metal.
USS Massachusetts
A few months later, in the new year (January 1921), the USS Massachusetts was also sunk. However, it was off of the Pensacola coast in Florida. The Navy chose to sink it as an artificial reef, and many species now live in it.
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