Sunken Ship’s Oil Leak Not Seen as Dangerous
A retired Navy ship sunk to the ocean floor to be a marine sanctuary is leaking oil, but the leak is too small to cause environmental damage, officials said.
The slick is 6 feet wide and 150 yards long and drifting east, said George Garrett, Monroe County’s director of marine resources. Work is underway to stop the leak.
The Spiegel Grove, a 510-foot decommissioned landing ship dock, sank upside-down last month, hours before an attempt to scuttle it to create an artificial reef.
Divers last week finished rotating the ship. It now sits on its side in 130 feet of water off Key Largo.
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